#48998F#48998F

#48998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.081 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48998F
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -27.25, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 27.35, 184.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0806 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.081 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0195, 26.1416, 30.0248)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48998F #994852

analogous

#489967 #48998F #487B99

triadic

#48998F #8F4899 #998F48

tetradic

#48998F #674899 #994852 #7B9948

square

#48998F #674899 #994852 #7B9948

split-complementary

#48998F #99487B #996748

monochromatic

#214641 #346F68 #48998F #67B7AD #90CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#48998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#48998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48998F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48998F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.081 184.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.593,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48998F

secondary

#B7868C

accent

#5C6ACC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48998F

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

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