#48979D#48979D

#48979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48979D
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -22.38, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 24.74, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.072 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(19.8224, 25.9434, 35.8547)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48979D #9D4E48

analogous

#489D78 #48979D #486D9D

triadic

#48979D #9D4897 #979D48

tetradic

#48979D #78489D #9D4E48 #6D9D48

square

#48979D #78489D #9D4E48 #6D9D48

split-complementary

#48979D #9D486D #9D7848

monochromatic

#224649 #356F73 #48979D #68B4BA #92C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#48979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#48979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48979D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48979D	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6b9',
    500: '#48979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48979d;
$custom-light: #83b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62927,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.25945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48979D

secondary

#B98B88

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48979D

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

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