#48E8A9#48E8A9

#48E8A9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.160 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8A9
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(156, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 27.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -55.69, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 58.80, 161.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.1526 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.16 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6865, 61.9511, 47.4473)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8A9 #E84887

analogous

#48E859 #48E8A9 #48D7E8

triadic

#48E8A9 #A948E8 #E8A948

tetradic

#48E8A9 #5948E8 #E84887 #D7E848

square

#48E8A9 #5948E8 #E84887 #D7E848

split-complementary

#48E8A9 #E848D7 #E85948

monochromatic

#14A16A #1BD88D #48E8A9 #7EEFC3 #B5F6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#48E8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#48E8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8A9

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8A9	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.160 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef0c2',
    500: '#48e8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8a9;
$custom-light: #8ef0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83303,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8A9

secondary

#A4305E

accent

#347FF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8A9

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

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