#48797A#48797A

#48797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.053 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48797A
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -16.24, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 17.24, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% -0.0507 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.053 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0214, 16.4567, 20.8989)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48797A #7A4948

analogous

#487A62 #48797A #48607A

triadic

#48797A #7A4879 #797A48

tetradic

#48797A #62487A #7A4948 #607A48

square

#48797A #62487A #7A4948 #607A48

split-complementary

#48797A #7A4860 #7A6248

monochromatic

#1B2D2D #315354 #48797A #5F9FA0 #85B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#48797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#48797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48797A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48797A	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.053 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea0a0',
    500: '#48797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48797a;
$custom-light: #7ea0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 25.773,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54187,
    "c": 0.05314,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48797A

secondary

#A37B7B

accent

#6766C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48797A

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

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