#48997C#48997C

#48997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48997C
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -32.01, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 32.94, 166.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0896 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.092 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7002, 25.6139, 23.0761)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48997C #994865

analogous

#489954 #48997C #488E99

triadic

#48997C #7C4899 #997C48

tetradic

#48997C #544899 #994865 #8E9948

square

#48997C #544899 #994865 #8E9948

split-complementary

#48997C #99488E #995448

monochromatic

#214639 #346F5A #48997C #67B79B #90CBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#48997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#48997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48997C

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48997C	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7a1',
    500: '#48997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48997c;
$custom-light: #81b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.519,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48997C

secondary

#B78697

accent

#5C84CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48997C

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

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