#48969B#48969B

#48969B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48969B
RGB	rgb(72, 150, 155)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -22.44, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 24.55, 203.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0718 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(19.4928, 25.5552, 34.9094)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48969B #9B4D48

analogous

#489B76 #48969B #486D9B

triadic

#48969B #9B4896 #969B48

tetradic

#48969B #76489B #9B4D48 #6D9B48

square

#48969B #76489B #9B4D48 #6D9B48

split-complementary

#48969B #9B486D #9B7648

monochromatic

#214547 #356E71 #48969B #68B4B9 #91C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#48969B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#48969B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48969B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48969B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48969B	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48969b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 150, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5b8',
    500: '#48969b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48969b;
$custom-light: #83b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48969b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.614,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62607,
    "c": 0.07686,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.25557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48969B

secondary

#B88A87

accent

#625BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48969B

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

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