#48838D#48838D

#48838D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.063 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48838D
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(189, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -16.38, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 19.93, 214.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0551 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.063 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5947, 19.5321, 28.1424)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48838D #8D5248

analogous

#488D75 #48838D #48618D

triadic

#48838D #8D4883 #838D48

tetradic

#48838D #75488D #8D5248 #618D48

square

#48838D #75488D #8D5248 #618D48

split-complementary

#48838D #8D4861 #8D7548

monochromatic

#1F383C #335D64 #48838D #63A4AF #8BBCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#48838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#48838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48838D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48838D	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.063 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a7ae',
    500: '#48838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48838d;
$custom-light: #80a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57389,
    "c": 0.06336,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48838D

secondary

#B08881

accent

#6F5FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48838D

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

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