#48997D#48997D

#48997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.091 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48997D
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -31.77, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 32.59, 167.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0891 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.091 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7637, 25.6393, 23.4108)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48997D #994864

analogous

#489955 #48997D #488D99

triadic

#48997D #7D4899 #997D48

tetradic

#48997D #554899 #994864 #8D9948

square

#48997D #554899 #994864 #8D9948

split-complementary

#48997D #99488D #995548

monochromatic

#214639 #346F5B #48997D #67B79C #90CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#48997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#48997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48997D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48997D	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.091 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7a2',
    500: '#48997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48997d;
$custom-light: #81b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.259,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62391,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48997D

secondary

#B78697

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48997D

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

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