#48E5B9#48E5B9

#48E5B9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E5B9
RGB	rgb(72, 229, 185)
HSL	hsl(163, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 19.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -50.90, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 51.82, 169.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.1423 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.144 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4442, 60.9146, 55.5684)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E5B9 #E54874

analogous

#48E56B #48E5B9 #48C3E5

triadic

#48E5B9 #B948E5 #E5B948

tetradic

#48E5B9 #6B48E5 #E54874 #C3E548

square

#48E5B9 #6B48E5 #E54874 #C3E548

split-complementary

#48E5B9 #E548C3 #E56B48

monochromatic

#169C77 #1ED29F #48E5B9 #7EEDCD #B3F4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#48E5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#48E5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E5B9

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E5B9	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 229, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eeece',
    500: '#48e5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e5b9;
$custom-light: #8eeece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.185,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82961,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E5B9

secondary

#A03250

accent

#366BF2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E5B9

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

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