#488C80#488C80

#488C80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.072 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C80
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 128)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -24.66, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 24.66, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.072 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.072 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9452, 21.6911, 23.7644)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C80 #8C4854

analogous

#488C5E #488C80 #48768C

triadic

#488C80 #80488C #8C8048

tetradic

#488C80 #5E488C #8C4854 #768C48

square

#488C80 #5E488C #8C4854 #768C48

split-complementary

#488C80 #8C4876 #8C5E48

monochromatic

#1E3B36 #33645B #488C80 #63AFA1 #8BC3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#488C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#488C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C80

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C80	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.072 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea4',
    500: '#488c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c80;
$custom-light: #80aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5918,
    "c": 0.07204,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C80

secondary

#AF8189

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C80

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

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