#488C73#488C73

#488C73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.080 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C73
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 115)
HSL	hsl(158, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(158, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -27.87, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 28.68, 166.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0782 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.08 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1437, 21.3705, 19.5432)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C73 #8C4861

analogous

#488C51 #488C73 #48838C

triadic

#488C73 #73488C #8C7348

tetradic

#488C73 #51488C #8C4861 #838C48

square

#488C73 #51488C #8C4861 #838C48

split-complementary

#488C73 #8C4883 #8C5148

monochromatic

#1E3B31 #336452 #488C73 #63AF93 #8BC3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#488C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#488C73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C73

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C73	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.080 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fae9b',
    500: '#488c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c73;
$custom-light: #7fae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58786,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C73

secondary

#AF8192

accent

#6086C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C73

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

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