#488B82#488B82

#488B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.070 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B82
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -23.63, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 23.70, 184.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0699 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.07 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9327, 21.4533, 24.4161)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B82 #8B4851

analogous

#488B61 #488B82 #48738B

triadic

#488B82 #82488B #8B8248

tetradic

#488B82 #61488B #8B4851 #738B48

square

#488B82 #61488B #8B4851 #738B48

split-complementary

#488B82 #8B4873 #8B6148

monochromatic

#1E3A37 #33635C #488B82 #62AEA4 #8BC3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#488B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#488B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B82

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B82	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.070 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ada6',
    500: '#488b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b82;
$custom-light: #80ada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58992,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B82

secondary

#AE8087

accent

#606EC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B82

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

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