#488C7C#488C7C

#488C7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.074 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C7C
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 124)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -25.68, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 25.75, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0739 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.074 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6871, 21.5878, 22.4051)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C7C #8C4858

analogous

#488C5A #488C7C #487A8C

triadic

#488C7C #7C488C #8C7C48

tetradic

#488C7C #5A488C #8C4858 #7A8C48

square

#488C7C #5A488C #8C4858 #7A8C48

split-complementary

#488C7C #8C487A #8C5A48

monochromatic

#1E3B34 #336458 #488C7C #63AF9D #8BC3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#488C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#488C7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C7C

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C7C	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.074 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea1',
    500: '#488c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c7c;
$custom-light: #80aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59054,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C7C

secondary

#AF818C

accent

#6078C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C7C

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

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