#488B7A#488B7A

#488B7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.074 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B7A
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 122)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -25.68, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 25.80, 174.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0736 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.074 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4165, 21.2468, 21.6972)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B7A #8B4859

analogous

#488B59 #488B7A #487B8B

triadic

#488B7A #7A488B #8B7A48

tetradic

#488B7A #59488B #8B4859 #7B8B48

square

#488B7A #59488B #8B4859 #7B8B48

split-complementary

#488B7A #8B487B #8B5948

monochromatic

#1E3A33 #336357 #488B7A #62AE9B #8BC3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#488B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#488B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B7A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B7A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.074 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ada0',
    500: '#488b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b7a;
$custom-light: #80ada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58738,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B7A

secondary

#AE808C

accent

#607AC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B7A

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

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