#488B83#488B83

#488B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.070 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B83
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -23.37, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 23.48, 185.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0694 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.07 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0002, 21.4803, 24.7713)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B83 #8B4850

analogous

#488B62 #488B83 #48728B

triadic

#488B83 #83488B #8B8348

tetradic

#488B83 #62488B #8B4850 #728B48

square

#488B83 #62488B #8B4850 #728B48

split-complementary

#488B83 #8B4872 #8B6248

monochromatic

#1E3A37 #33635D #488B83 #62AEA5 #8BC3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#488B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#488B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B83

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B83	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.070 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ada7',
    500: '#488b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b83;
$custom-light: #80ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59026,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B83

secondary

#AE8086

accent

#606CC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B83

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

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