#48978F#48978F

#48978F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.079 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48978F
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -26.25, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 26.45, 186.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0783 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.079 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6949, 25.4924, 29.9166)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48978F #974850

analogous

#489767 #48978F #487797

triadic

#48978F #8F4897 #978F48

tetradic

#48978F #674897 #974850 #779748

square

#48978F #674897 #974850 #779748

split-complementary

#48978F #974877 #976748

monochromatic

#204441 #346E68 #48978F #66B6AE #90CAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#48978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#48978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48978F

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48978F	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)

#90908F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.079 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b6af',
    500: '#48978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48978f;
$custom-light: #82b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.924,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62437,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48978F

secondary

#B6858A

accent

#5C68CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48978F

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

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