#48898A#48898A

#48898A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.067 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48898A
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 138)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -20.44, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 21.59, 198.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0638 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.067 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2038, 21.1027, 27.2592)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48898A #8A4948

analogous

#488A6A #48898A #48688A

triadic

#48898A #8A4889 #898A48

tetradic

#48898A #6A488A #8A4948 #688A48

square

#48898A #6A488A #8A4948 #688A48

split-complementary

#48898A #8A4868 #8A6A48

monochromatic

#1E393A #336162 #48898A #62ACAD #8AC1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#48898A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#48898A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48898A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48898A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48898A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48898a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.067 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abac',
    500: '#48898a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48898a;
$custom-light: #80abac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48898a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.06662,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48898A

secondary

#AE8180

accent

#6260C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48898A

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

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