#488C7B#488C7B

#488C7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.075 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C7B
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 123)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -25.93, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 26.04, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0744 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.075 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6242, 21.5627, 22.0737)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C7B #8C4859

analogous

#488C59 #488C7B #487B8C

triadic

#488C7B #7B488C #8C7B48

tetradic

#488C7B #59488C #8C4859 #7B8C48

square

#488C7B #59488C #8C4859 #7B8C48

split-complementary

#488C7B #8C487B #8C5948

monochromatic

#1E3B34 #336457 #488C7B #63AF9C #8BC3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#488C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#488C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C7B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C7B	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.075 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea1',
    500: '#488c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c7b;
$custom-light: #80aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59023,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C7B

secondary

#AF818C

accent

#607AC8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C7B

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

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