#48969A#48969A

#48969A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.077 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48969A
RGB	rgb(72, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -22.72, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 24.60, 202.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0722 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.077 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4092, 25.5217, 34.4689)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48969A #9A4C48

analogous

#489A75 #48969A #486D9A

triadic

#48969A #9A4896 #969A48

tetradic

#48969A #75489A #9A4C48 #6D9A48

square

#48969A #75489A #9A4C48 #6D9A48

split-complementary

#48969A #9A486D #9A7548

monochromatic

#214547 #356D70 #48969A #67B4B8 #91C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#48969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#48969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48969A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48969A	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.077 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b5b7',
    500: '#48969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48969a;
$custom-light: #82b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48969A

secondary

#B78986

accent

#615CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48969A

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

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