#488B86#488B86

#488B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.069 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B86
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -22.57, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 22.91, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.068 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.069 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2064, 21.5628, 25.8576)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B86 #8B484D

analogous

#488B65 #488B86 #486F8B

triadic

#488B86 #86488B #8B8648

tetradic

#488B86 #65488B #8B484D #6F8B48

square

#488B86 #65488B #8B484D #6F8B48

split-complementary

#488B86 #8B486F #8B6548

monochromatic

#1E3A38 #33635F #488B86 #62AEA8 #8BC3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#488B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#488B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B86

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B86	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.069 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ada9',
    500: '#488b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b86;
$custom-light: #80ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59127,
    "c": 0.0689,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B86

secondary

#AE8084

accent

#6068C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B86

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

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