#48797C#48797C

#48797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.053 H 200.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48797C
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(183, 27%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, -15.70, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 17.13, 203.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% -0.0498 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.053 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1466, 16.5068, 21.5582)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48797C #7C4B48

analogous

#487C65 #48797C #485F7C

triadic

#48797C #7C4879 #797C48

tetradic

#48797C #65487C #7C4B48 #5F7C48

square

#48797C #65487C #7C4B48 #5F7C48

split-complementary

#48797C #7C485F #7C6548

monochromatic

#1B2D2F #325355 #48797C #5F9EA2 #86B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#48797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#48797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48797C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48797C	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.053 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e9fa1',
    500: '#48797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48797c;
$custom-light: #7e9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5426,
    "c": 0.05327,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48797C

secondary

#A57E7B

accent

#6A65C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48797C

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

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