#48909B#48909B

#48909B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.074 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48909B
RGB	rgb(72, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -19.30, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 23.12, 213.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0648 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.074 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5598, 23.6891, 34.5984)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48909B #9B5348

analogous

#489B7D #48909B #48679B

triadic

#48909B #9B4890 #909B48

tetradic

#48909B #7D489B #9B5348 #679B48

square

#48909B #7D489B #9B5348 #679B48

split-complementary

#48909B #9B4867 #9B7D48

monochromatic

#214247 #356971 #48909B #68AEB9 #91C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#48909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#48909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48909B

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48909B	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.074 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0b8',
    500: '#48909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48909b;
$custom-light: #82b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.952,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61131,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48909B

secondary

#B88D87

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48909B

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

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