#48989F#48989F

#48989F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.079 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48989F
RGB	rgb(72, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -22.32, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 24.95, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0723 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.079 203)
XYZ	xyz(20.1562, 26.3355, 36.8152)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48989F #9F4F48

analogous

#489F7B #48989F #486C9F

triadic

#48989F #9F4898 #989F48

tetradic

#48989F #7B489F #9F4F48 #6C9F48

square

#48989F #7B489F #9F4F48 #6C9F48

split-complementary

#48989F #9F486C #9F7B48

monochromatic

#22474B #357075 #48989F #69B5BB #93C9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#48989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#48989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48989F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48989F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.079 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b6bb',
    500: '#48989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48989f;
$custom-light: #83b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.26337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48989F

secondary

#BA8D89

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48989F

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

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