#48656A#48656A

#48656A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.035 H 209.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48656A
RGB	rgb(72, 101, 106)
HSL	hsl(189, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, -9.26, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 11.17, 214.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% -0.0304 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.035 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9268, 11.7252, 15.3730)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48656A #6A4D48

analogous

#486A5E #48656A #48546A

triadic

#48656A #6A4865 #656A48

tetradic

#48656A #5E486A #6A4D48 #546A48

square

#48656A #5E486A #6A4D48 #546A48

split-complementary

#48656A #6A4854 #6A5E48

monochromatic

#162021 #2F4246 #48656A #61888E #82A4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#48656A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#48656A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48656A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48656A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48656A	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60636A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C6866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48656a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 101, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.035 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9194',
    500: '#48656a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48656a;
$custom-light: #7c9194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48656a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4859,
    "c": 0.0349,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48656A

secondary

#977C77

accent

#786CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48656A

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

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