#48939E#48939E

#48939E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.076 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48939E
RGB	rgb(72, 147, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -20.01, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 23.81, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.067 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.076 208)
XYZ	xyz(19.2753, 24.7120, 36.0952)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48939E #9E5348

analogous

#489E7E #48939E #48689E

triadic

#48939E #9E4893 #939E48

tetradic

#48939E #7E489E #9E5348 #689E48

square

#48939E #7E489E #9E5348 #689E48

split-complementary

#48939E #9E4868 #9E7E48

monochromatic

#22454A #356C74 #48939E #69B0BB #93C6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#48939E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#48939E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48939E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48939E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48939E	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48939e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 147, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.076 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b3ba',
    500: '#48939e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48939e;
$custom-light: #83b3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48939e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.674,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.0759,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.24714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48939E

secondary

#BA8F88

accent

#695ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48939E

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

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