#48997E#48997E

#48997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.090 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48997E
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -31.53, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 32.24, 167.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0886 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.09 169)
XYZ	xyz(17.8279, 25.6650, 23.7490)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48997E #994863

analogous

#489956 #48997E #488C99

triadic

#48997E #7E4899 #997E48

tetradic

#48997E #564899 #994863 #8C9948

square

#48997E #564899 #994863 #8C9948

split-complementary

#48997E #99488C #995648

monochromatic

#214639 #346F5C #48997E #67B79D #90CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#48997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#48997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48997E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48997E	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.090 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7a3',
    500: '#48997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48997e;
$custom-light: #81b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62419,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.25667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48997E

secondary

#B78696

accent

#5C81CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48997E

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

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