#48998E#48998E

#48998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.081 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48998E
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -27.51, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 27.57, 183.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0811 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.081 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9441, 26.1115, 29.6276)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48998E #994853

analogous

#489966 #48998E #487C99

triadic

#48998E #8E4899 #998E48

tetradic

#48998E #664899 #994853 #7C9948

square

#48998E #664899 #994853 #7C9948

split-complementary

#48998E #99487C #996648

monochromatic

#214641 #346F67 #48998E #67B7AC #90CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#48998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#48998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48998E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48998E	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.081 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7af',
    500: '#48998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48998e;
$custom-light: #82b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.852,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62904,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48998E

secondary

#B7868D

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48998E

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

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