#48797B#48797B

#48797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.053 H 199.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48797B
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(182, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, -15.97, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 17.17, 201.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% -0.0503 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.053 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0837, 16.4816, 21.2269)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48797B #7B4A48

analogous

#487B63 #48797B #485F7B

triadic

#48797B #7B4879 #797B48

tetradic

#48797B #63487B #7B4A48 #5F7B48

square

#48797B #63487B #7B4A48 #5F7B48

split-complementary

#48797B #7B485F #7B6348

monochromatic

#1B2D2E #315354 #48797B #5F9FA1 #86B6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#48797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#48797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48797B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48797B	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.053 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea0a1',
    500: '#48797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48797b;
$custom-light: #7ea0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54224,
    "c": 0.05318,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48797B

secondary

#A47D7B

accent

#6965C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48797B

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

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