#48868B#48868B

#48868B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.064 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48868B
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -18.57, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 20.59, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0596 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.064 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8560, 20.2907, 27.5020)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48868B #8B4D48

analogous

#488B6F #48868B #48658B

triadic

#48868B #8B4886 #868B48

tetradic

#48868B #6F488B #8B4D48 #658B48

square

#48868B #6F488B #8B4D48 #658B48

split-complementary

#48868B #8B4865 #8B6F48

monochromatic

#1E383A #335F63 #48868B #62A8AE #8BBFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#48868B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#48868B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48868B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48868B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48868B	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48868b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.064 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a9ac',
    500: '#48868b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48868b;
$custom-light: #80a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48868b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58056,
    "c": 0.06449,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48868B

secondary

#AE8480

accent

#6860C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48868B

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

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