#48979F#48979F

#48979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.078 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48979F
RGB	rgb(72, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -21.81, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 24.70, 208.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0712 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.078 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9946, 26.0123, 36.7613)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48979F #9F5048

analogous

#489F7B #48979F #486C9F

triadic

#48979F #9F4897 #979F48

tetradic

#48979F #7B489F #9F5048 #6C9F48

square

#48979F #7B489F #9F5048 #6C9F48

split-complementary

#48979F #9F486C #9F7B48

monochromatic

#22474B #356F75 #48979F #69B4BB #93C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#48979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#48979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48979F

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48979F	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)

#8D91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.078 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6bb',
    500: '#48979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48979f;
$custom-light: #83b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.517,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48979F

secondary

#BA8D89

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48979F

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

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