#48898D#48898D

#48898D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.067 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48898D
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -19.60, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 21.39, 203.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0624 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.067 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4240, 21.1907, 28.4189)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48898D #8D4C48

analogous

#488D6F #48898D #48678D

triadic

#48898D #8D4889 #898D48

tetradic

#48898D #6F488D #8D4C48 #678D48

square

#48898D #6F488D #8D4C48 #678D48

split-complementary

#48898D #8D4867 #8D6F48

monochromatic

#1F3A3C #336264 #48898D #63ABAF #8BC1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#48898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#48898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48898D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48898D	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.067 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abae',
    500: '#48898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48898d;
$custom-light: #80abae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58875,
    "c": 0.06677,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48898D

secondary

#B08481

accent

#655FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48898D

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

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