#48969D#48969D

#48969D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.077 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48969D
RGB	rgb(72, 150, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -21.86, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 24.48, 206.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0709 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.077 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6622, 25.6229, 35.8013)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48969D #9D4F48

analogous

#489D79 #48969D #486C9D

triadic

#48969D #9D4896 #969D48

tetradic

#48969D #79489D #9D4F48 #6C9D48

square

#48969D #79489D #9D4F48 #6C9D48

split-complementary

#48969D #9D486C #9D7948

monochromatic

#224649 #356E73 #48969D #68B3BA #92C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#48969D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#48969D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48969D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48969D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48969D	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48969d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 150, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.077 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5b9',
    500: '#48969d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48969d;
$custom-light: #83b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48969d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.941,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48969D

secondary

#B98C88

accent

#645BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48969D

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

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