#488C7E#488C7E

#488C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.073 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C7E
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -25.17, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 25.19, 178.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.073 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.073 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8149, 21.6389, 23.0780)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C7E #8C4856

analogous

#488C5C #488C7E #48788C

triadic

#488C7E #7E488C #8C7E48

tetradic

#488C7E #5C488C #8C4856 #788C48

square

#488C7E #5C488C #8C4856 #788C48

split-complementary

#488C7E #8C4878 #8C5C48

monochromatic

#1E3B35 #33645A #488C7E #63AF9F #8BC3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#488C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#488C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C7E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C7E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.073 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea3',
    500: '#488c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c7e;
$custom-light: #80aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.07299,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C7E

secondary

#AF818A

accent

#6075C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C7E

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

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