#48898E#48898E

#48898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.067 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48898E
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -19.32, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 21.36, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.062 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.067 202)
XYZ	xyz(16.4987, 21.2206, 28.8125)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48898E #8E4D48

analogous

#488E70 #48898E #48668E

triadic

#48898E #8E4889 #898E48

tetradic

#48898E #70488E #8E4D48 #668E48

square

#48898E #70488E #8E4D48 #668E48

split-complementary

#48898E #8E4866 #8E7048

monochromatic

#1F3B3D #336265 #48898E #63ABB0 #8CC1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#48898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#48898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48898E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48898E	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.067 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abaf',
    500: '#48898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48898e;
$custom-light: #80abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58912,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.21222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48898E

secondary

#B08582

accent

#675FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48898E

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

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