#48978D#48978D

#48978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.079 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48978D
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -26.79, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 26.87, 184.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0792 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.079 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5448, 25.4323, 29.1258)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48978D #974852

analogous

#489765 #48978D #487997

triadic

#48978D #8D4897 #978D48

tetradic

#48978D #654897 #974852 #799748

square

#48978D #654897 #974852 #799748

split-complementary

#48978D #974879 #976548

monochromatic

#204440 #346E66 #48978D #66B6AC #90CAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#48978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#48978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48978D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48978D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.079 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6ae',
    500: '#48978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48978d;
$custom-light: #82b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.405,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.07945,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48978D

secondary

#B6858B

accent

#5C6ACB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48978D

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

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