#488B73#488B73

#488B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.079 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B73
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(159, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(159, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -27.38, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 28.10, 167.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.077 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.079 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9983, 21.0796, 19.4947)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B73 #8B4860

analogous

#488B52 #488B73 #48828B

triadic

#488B73 #73488B #8B7348

tetradic

#488B73 #52488B #8B4860 #828B48

square

#488B73 #52488B #8B4860 #828B48

split-complementary

#488B73 #8B4882 #8B5248

monochromatic

#1E3A30 #336352 #488B73 #62AE93 #8BC3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#488B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#488B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B73

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B73	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.079 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fad9b',
    500: '#488b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b73;
$custom-light: #7fad9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5853,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B73

secondary

#AE8091

accent

#6085C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B73

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

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