#488B79#488B79

#488B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.074 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B79
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(164, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -25.93, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 26.11, 173.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0741 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.075 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3548, 21.2222, 21.3726)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B79 #8B485A

analogous

#488B58 #488B79 #487C8B

triadic

#488B79 #79488B #8B7948

tetradic

#488B79 #58488B #8B485A #7C8B48

square

#488B79 #58488B #8B485A #7C8B48

split-complementary

#488B79 #8B487C #8B5848

monochromatic

#1E3A33 #336356 #488B79 #62AE9A #8BC3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#488B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#488B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B79

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B79	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.074 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ad9f',
    500: '#488b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b79;
$custom-light: #80ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.881,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58707,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B79

secondary

#AE808D

accent

#607CC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B79

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

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