#488C7A#488C7A

#488C7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.075 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C7A
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 122)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -26.18, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 26.35, 173.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0749 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.075 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5619, 21.5378, 21.7457)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C7A #8C485A

analogous

#488C58 #488C7A #487C8C

triadic

#488C7A #7A488C #8C7A48

tetradic

#488C7A #58488C #8C485A #7C8C48

square

#488C7A #58488C #8C485A #7C8C48

split-complementary

#488C7A #8C487C #8C5848

monochromatic

#1E3B34 #336457 #488C7A #63AF9A #8BC3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#488C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#488C7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C7A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C7A	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.075 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea0',
    500: '#488c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c7a;
$custom-light: #80aea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58992,
    "c": 0.07523,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C7A

secondary

#AF818D

accent

#607BC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C7A

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

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