#48E8A6#48E8A6

#48E8A6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.162 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8A6
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 28.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -56.33, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 59.89, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.1539 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.162 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4081, 61.8398, 45.9811)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8A6 #E8488A

analogous

#48E856 #48E8A6 #48DAE8

triadic

#48E8A6 #A648E8 #E8A648

tetradic

#48E8A6 #5648E8 #E8488A #DAE848

square

#48E8A6 #5648E8 #E8488A #DAE848

split-complementary

#48E8A6 #E848DA #E85648

monochromatic

#14A167 #1BD88A #48E8A6 #7EEFC0 #B5F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#48E8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#48E8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8A6

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8A6	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.162 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef0c0',
    500: '#48e8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8a6;
$custom-light: #8ef0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83235,
    "c": 0.1624,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8A6

secondary

#A43060

accent

#3483F4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8A6

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

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