#48997F#48997F

#48997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.090 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48997F
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(161, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -31.29, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 31.90, 168.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0881 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.09 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8928, 25.6909, 24.0905)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48997F #994862

analogous

#489957 #48997F #488B99

triadic

#48997F #7F4899 #997F48

tetradic

#48997F #574899 #994862 #8B9948

square

#48997F #574899 #994862 #8B9948

split-complementary

#48997F #99488B #995748

monochromatic

#21463A #346F5C #48997F #67B79E #90CBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#48997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#48997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48997F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48997F	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.090 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b7a4',
    500: '#48997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48997f;
$custom-light: #81b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.741,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62448,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48997F

secondary

#B78696

accent

#5C80CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48997F

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

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