#48898C#48898C

#48898C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.067 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48898C
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 140)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -19.88, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 21.45, 202.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0629 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.067 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3499, 21.1611, 28.0288)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48898C #8C4B48

analogous

#488C6D #48898C #48678C

triadic

#48898C #8C4889 #898C48

tetradic

#48898C #6D488C #8C4B48 #678C48

square

#48898C #6D488C #8C4B48 #678C48

split-complementary

#48898C #8C4867 #8C6D48

monochromatic

#1E3A3B #336164 #48898C #63ABAF #8BC1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#48898C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#48898C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48898C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48898C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48898C	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#218D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48898c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.067 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abad',
    500: '#48898c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48898c;
$custom-light: #80abad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48898c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48898C

secondary

#AF8381

accent

#6460C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48898C

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

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