#48987C#48987C

#48987C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.090 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48987C
RGB	rgb(72, 152, 124)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -31.54, 7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 32.37, 166.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0884 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.09 168)
XYZ	xyz(17.5372, 25.2879, 23.0218)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48987C #984864

analogous

#489854 #48987C #488C98

triadic

#48987C #7C4898 #987C48

tetradic

#48987C #544898 #984864 #8C9848

square

#48987C #544898 #984864 #8C9848

split-complementary

#48987C #98488C #985448

monochromatic

#214538 #346E5A #48987C #66B79B #90CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#48987C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#48987C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48987C

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48987C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48987C	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48987c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 152, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.090 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7a1',
    500: '#48987c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48987c;
$custom-light: #81b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48987c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48987C

secondary

#B68697

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48987C

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

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