#48E6A6#48E6A6

#48E6A6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.160 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E6A6
RGB	rgb(72, 230, 166)
HSL	hsl(156, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 27.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -55.55, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 58.87, 160.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.152 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.16 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8483, 60.7203, 45.7945)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E6A6 #E64888

analogous

#48E657 #48E6A6 #48D7E6

triadic

#48E6A6 #A648E6 #E6A648

tetradic

#48E6A6 #5748E6 #E64888 #D7E648

square

#48E6A6 #5748E6 #E64888 #D7E648

split-complementary

#48E6A6 #E648D7 #E65748

monochromatic

#169E67 #1DD48A #48E6A6 #7EEDC0 #B4F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#48E6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#48E6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E6A6

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E6A6	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 230, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.160 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eefc0',
    500: '#48e6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e6a6;
$custom-light: #8eefc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.696,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82742,
    "c": 0.15989,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E6A6

secondary

#A1315E

accent

#3582F3

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E6A6

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

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