#488B78#488B78

#488B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.075 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B78
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -26.17, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 26.42, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0746 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.075 173)
XYZ	xyz(15.2938, 21.1978, 21.0513)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B78 #8B485B

analogous

#488B57 #488B78 #487D8B

triadic

#488B78 #78488B #8B7848

tetradic

#488B78 #57488B #8B485B #7D8B48

square

#488B78 #57488B #8B485B #7D8B48

split-complementary

#488B78 #8B487D #8B5748

monochromatic

#1E3A32 #336355 #488B78 #62AE98 #8BC3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#488B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#488B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B78

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B78	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.075 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad9f',
    500: '#488b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b78;
$custom-light: #80ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.985,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.21199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B78

secondary

#AE808D

accent

#607DC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B78

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

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