#48909E#48909E

#48909E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.075 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48909E
RGB	rgb(72, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -18.42, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 23.31, 217.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0635 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.075 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8149, 23.7911, 35.9418)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48909E #9E5648

analogous

#489E81 #48909E #48659E

triadic

#48909E #9E4890 #909E48

tetradic

#48909E #81489E #9E5648 #659E48

square

#48909E #81489E #9E5648 #659E48

split-complementary

#48909E #9E4865 #9E8148

monochromatic

#22434A #356A74 #48909E #69ADBB #93C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#48909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#48909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48909E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48909E	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.075 211.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61248,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48909E

secondary

#BA9088

accent

#6D5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48909E

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

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