#48949D#48949D

#48949D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.076 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48949D
RGB	rgb(72, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -20.82, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 24.00, 209.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0686 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.076 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3457, 24.9901, 35.6958)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48949D #9D5148

analogous

#489D7C #48949D #48699D

triadic

#48949D #9D4894 #949D48

tetradic

#48949D #7C489D #9D5148 #699D48

square

#48949D #7C489D #9D5148 #699D48

split-complementary

#48949D #9D4869 #9D7C48

monochromatic

#224549 #356C73 #48949D #68B1BA #92C7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#48949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#48949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48949D

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48949D	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.076 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b3b9',
    500: '#48949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48949d;
$custom-light: #83b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62189,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48949D

secondary

#B98D88

accent

#675BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48949D

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

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