#488C7D#488C7D

#488C7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.074 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C7D
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 125)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -25.43, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 25.46, 176.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0734 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.074 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7507, 21.6133, 22.7398)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C7D #8C4857

analogous

#488C5B #488C7D #48798C

triadic

#488C7D #7D488C #8C7D48

tetradic

#488C7D #5B488C #8C4857 #798C48

square

#488C7D #5B488C #8C4857 #798C48

split-complementary

#488C7D #8C4879 #8C5B48

monochromatic

#1E3B35 #336459 #488C7D #63AF9E #8BC3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#488C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#488C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C7D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C7D	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)

#87857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.074 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea2',
    500: '#488c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c7d;
$custom-light: #80aea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59085,
    "c": 0.07351,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C7D

secondary

#AF818B

accent

#6077C8

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C7D

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

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