#48909C#48909C

#48909C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.074 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48909C
RGB	rgb(72, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -19.01, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 23.17, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0643 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.074 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6441, 23.7228, 35.0425)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48909C #9C5448

analogous

#489C7E #48909C #48669C

triadic

#48909C #9C4890 #909C48

tetradic

#48909C #7E489C #9C5448 #669C48

square

#48909C #7E489C #9C5448 #669C48

split-complementary

#48909C #9C4866 #9C7E48

monochromatic

#214348 #356972 #48909C #68AEB9 #92C4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#48909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#48909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48909C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48909C	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.074 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0b9',
    500: '#48909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48909c;
$custom-light: #82b0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61169,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48909C

secondary

#B88E87

accent

#6B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48909C

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

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