#488B8D#488B8D

#488B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.068 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B8D
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -20.65, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 22.03, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0649 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.068 198)
XYZ	xyz(16.7109, 21.7646, 28.5145)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B8D #8D4A48

analogous

#488D6D #488B8D #48698D

triadic

#488B8D #8D488B #8B8D48

tetradic

#488B8D #6D488D #8D4A48 #698D48

square

#488B8D #6D488D #8D4A48 #698D48

split-complementary

#488B8D #8D4869 #8D6D48

monochromatic

#1F3B3C #336364 #488B8D #63ADAF #8BC2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#488B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B8D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B8D	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.068 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adae',
    500: '#488b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b8d;
$custom-light: #81adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59373,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.21766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B8D

secondary

#B08281

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B8D

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

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