#48979E#48979E

#48979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.078 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48979E
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -22.09, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 24.71, 206.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0716 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.078 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9081, 25.9777, 36.3062)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48979E #9E4F48

analogous

#489E7A #48979E #486C9E

triadic

#48979E #9E4897 #979E48

tetradic

#48979E #7A489E #9E4F48 #6C9E48

square

#48979E #7A489E #9E4F48 #6C9E48

split-complementary

#48979E #9E486C #9E7A48

monochromatic

#22474A #356F74 #48979E #69B4BB #93C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#48979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#48979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48979E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48979E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.078 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6ba',
    500: '#48979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48979e;
$custom-light: #83b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.884,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62964,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48979E

secondary

#BA8C88

accent

#645ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48979E

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

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