#48858D#48858D

#48858D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.064 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48858D
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(187, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -17.46, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 20.34, 210.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0575 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.064 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8659, 20.0745, 28.2328)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48858D #8D5048

analogous

#488D73 #48858D #48638D

triadic

#48858D #8D4885 #858D48

tetradic

#48858D #73488D #8D5048 #638D48

square

#48858D #73488D #8D5048 #638D48

split-complementary

#48858D #8D4863 #8D7348

monochromatic

#1F393C #335F64 #48858D #63A6AF #8BBDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#48858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#48858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48858D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48858D	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C818E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.064 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a8ae',
    500: '#48858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48858d;
$custom-light: #80a8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57883,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48858D

secondary

#B08781

accent

#6B5FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48858D

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

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