#48858F#48858F

#48858F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.065 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48858F
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -16.89, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 20.43, 214.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0567 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.065 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0160, 20.1346, 29.0236)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48858F #8F5248

analogous

#488F76 #48858F #48628F

triadic

#48858F #8F4885 #858F48

tetradic

#48858F #76488F #8F5248 #628F48

square

#48858F #76488F #8F5248 #628F48

split-complementary

#48858F #8F4862 #8F7648

monochromatic

#1F393E #345F66 #48858F #63A6B1 #8CBDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#48858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#48858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48858F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48858F	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.065 209.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5796,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48858F

secondary

#B18982

accent

#6E5FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48858F

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

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