#48979A#48979A

#48979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.077 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48979A
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -23.23, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 24.91, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0734 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.077 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5694, 25.8422, 34.5223)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48979A #9A4B48

analogous

#489A74 #48979A #486E9A

triadic

#48979A #9A4897 #979A48

tetradic

#48979A #74489A #9A4B48 #6E9A48

square

#48979A #74489A #9A4B48 #6E9A48

split-complementary

#48979A #9A486E #9A7448

monochromatic

#214547 #356E70 #48979A #67B5B8 #91C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#48979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#48979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48979A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48979A	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.077 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b7',
    500: '#48979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48979a;
$custom-light: #83b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.195,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62818,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48979A

secondary

#B78886

accent

#605CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48979A

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

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