#48858E#48858E

#48858E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.065 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48858E
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 142)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, -17.17, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 20.37, 212.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0571 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.065 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9406, 20.1044, 28.6265)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48858E #8E5148

analogous

#488E74 #48858E #48628E

triadic

#48858E #8E4885 #858E48

tetradic

#48858E #74488E #8E5148 #628E48

square

#48858E #74488E #8E5148 #628E48

split-complementary

#48858E #8E4862 #8E7448

monochromatic

#1F393D #335F65 #48858E #63A6B0 #8CBDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#48858E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#48858E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48858E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48858E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48858E	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#7C818F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#218A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48858e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.065 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a8af',
    500: '#48858e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48858e;
$custom-light: #80a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48858e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48858E

secondary

#B08882

accent

#6D5FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48858E

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

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