#488B7D#488B7D

#488B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.072 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B7D
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(167, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -24.92, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 24.94, 177.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0722 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.072 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6052, 21.3223, 22.6913)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B7D #8B4856

analogous

#488B5C #488B7D #48788B

triadic

#488B7D #7D488B #8B7D48

tetradic

#488B7D #5C488B #8B4856 #788B48

square

#488B7D #5C488B #8B4856 #788B48

split-complementary

#488B7D #8B4878 #8B5C48

monochromatic

#1E3A34 #336359 #488B7D #62AE9E #8BC3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#488B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#488B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B7D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B7D	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.072 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ada2',
    500: '#488b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b7d;
$custom-light: #80ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B7D

secondary

#AE808A

accent

#6076C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B7D

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

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