#48E8B5#48E8B5

#48E8B5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.151 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48E8B5
RGB	rgb(72, 232, 181)
HSL	hsl(161, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 22%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -53.04, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 54.60, 166.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.1471 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.151 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8651, 62.4226, 53.6549)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48E8B5 #E8487B

analogous

#48E865 #48E8B5 #48CBE8

triadic

#48E8B5 #B548E8 #E8B548

tetradic

#48E8B5 #6548E8 #E8487B #CBE848

square

#48E8B5 #6548E8 #E8487B #CBE848

split-complementary

#48E8B5 #E848CB #E86548

monochromatic

#14A174 #1BD89C #48E8B5 #7EEFCB #B5F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#48E8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#48E8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48E8B5

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48E8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48E8B5	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48e8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 232, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.151 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef0cb',
    500: '#48e8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48e8b5;
$custom-light: #8ef0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48e8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83591,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48E8B5

secondary

#A43055

accent

#3471F4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #48E8B5

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