#488C77#488C77

#488C77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.077 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C77
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 119)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 15%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -26.91, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 27.30, 170.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0763 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.077 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3789, 21.4646, 20.7818)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C77 #8C485D

analogous

#488C55 #488C77 #487F8C

triadic

#488C77 #77488C #8C7748

tetradic

#488C77 #55488C #8C485D #7F8C48

square

#488C77 #55488C #8C485D #7F8C48

split-complementary

#488C77 #8C487F #8C5548

monochromatic

#1E3B32 #336455 #488C77 #63AF97 #8BC3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#488C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#488C77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C77

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C77	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.077 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9e',
    500: '#488c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c77;
$custom-light: #80ae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.471,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58902,
    "c": 0.07719,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C77

secondary

#AF818F

accent

#6080C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C77

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

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