#48909D#48909D

#48909D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.074 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48909D
RGB	rgb(72, 144, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -18.71, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 23.23, 216.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0639 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.074 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7291, 23.7569, 35.4903)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48909D #9D5548

analogous

#489D7F #48909D #48669D

triadic

#48909D #9D4890 #909D48

tetradic

#48909D #7F489D #9D5548 #669D48

square

#48909D #7F489D #9D5548 #669D48

split-complementary

#48909D #9D4866 #9D7F48

monochromatic

#224349 #356A73 #48909D #68ADBA #92C4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#48909D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#48909D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48909D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48909D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48909D	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	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)

#858B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48909d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 144, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.074 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0ba',
    500: '#48909d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48909d;
$custom-light: #82b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48909d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61208,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48909D

secondary

#B98F88

accent

#6C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48909D

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

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