#48858C#48858C

#48858C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.064 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48858C
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 5%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -17.75, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 20.32, 209.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.058 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.064 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7918, 20.0449, 27.8427)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48858C #8C4F48

analogous

#488C71 #48858C #48638C

triadic

#48858C #8C4885 #858C48

tetradic

#48858C #71488C #8C4F48 #638C48

square

#48858C #71488C #8C4F48 #638C48

split-complementary

#48858C #8C4863 #8C7148

monochromatic

#1E383B #335F64 #48858C #63A7AF #8BBEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#48858C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#48858C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48858C

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48858C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48858C	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C818D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48858c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.064 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a8ad',
    500: '#48858c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48858c;
$custom-light: #80a8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48858c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57845,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48858C

secondary

#AF8681

accent

#6A60C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48858C

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

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