#488C78#488C78

#488C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.077 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C78
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 14.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -26.67, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 26.98, 171.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0758 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.077 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4393, 21.4887, 21.0998)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C78 #8C485C

analogous

#488C56 #488C78 #487E8C

triadic

#488C78 #78488C #8C7848

tetradic

#488C78 #56488C #8C485C #7E8C48

square

#488C78 #56488C #8C485C #7E8C48

split-complementary

#488C78 #8C487E #8C5648

monochromatic

#1E3B33 #336455 #488C78 #63AF98 #8BC3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#488C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#488C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C78

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C78	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.077 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9f',
    500: '#488c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c78;
$custom-light: #80ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58932,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C78

secondary

#AF818E

accent

#607EC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C78

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

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