#48E5AE#48E5AE

#48E5AE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.152 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5AE
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(159, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 24%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -53.41, 15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 55.52, 164.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.1473 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.152 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3276, 60.4680, 49.6877)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5AE #E5487F

analogous

#48E560 #48E5AE #48CEE5

triadic

#48E5AE #AE48E5 #E5AE48

tetradic

#48E5AE #6048E5 #E5487F #CEE548

square

#48E5AE #6048E5 #E5487F #CEE548

split-complementary

#48E5AE #E548CE #E56048

monochromatic

#169C6D #1ED293 #48E5AE #7EEDC6 #B3F4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#48E5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#48E5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5AE

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5AE	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.152 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eeec6',
    500: '#48e5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5ae;
$custom-light: #8eeec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.981,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82684,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5AE

secondary

#A03258

accent

#3678F2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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