#488B8A#488B8A

#488B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.068 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -21.48, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 22.32, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0662 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.068 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4907, 21.6765, 27.3548)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B8A #8B4849

analogous

#488B69 #488B8A #486B8B

triadic

#488B8A #8A488B #8B8A48

tetradic

#488B8A #69488B #8B4849 #6B8B48

square

#488B8A #69488B #8B4849 #6B8B48

split-complementary

#488B8A #8B486B #8B6948

monochromatic

#1E3A3A #336362 #488B8A #62AEAD #8BC3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#488B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#488B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B8A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B8A	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.068 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adac',
    500: '#488b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b8a;
$custom-light: #80adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59265,
    "c": 0.06831,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B8A

secondary

#AE8081

accent

#6061C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B8A

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

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