#48857B#48857B

#48857B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.066 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48857B
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 30%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(170, 46%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, -22.36, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 22.38, 181.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0657 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.066 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6337, 19.5817, 21.7436)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48857B #854852

analogous

#48855C #48857B #487085

triadic

#48857B #7B4885 #857B48

tetradic

#48857B #5C4885 #854852 #708548

square

#48857B #5C4885 #854852 #708548

split-complementary

#48857B #854870 #855C48

monochromatic

#1D3632 #335D56 #48857B #61A99D #89BFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#48857B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#48857B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48857B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48857B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48857B	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48857b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.066 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa8a1',
    500: '#48857b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48857b;
$custom-light: #7fa8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48857b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 29.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57247,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48857B

secondary

#AB7E85

accent

#6272C6

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48857B

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

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