#488C82#488C82

#488C82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.071 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C82
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 130)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 7.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -24.14, -1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 24.18, 183.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0711 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.071 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0782, 21.7443, 24.4646)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C82 #8C4852

analogous

#488C60 #488C82 #48748C

triadic

#488C82 #82488C #8C8248

tetradic

#488C82 #60488C #8C4852 #748C48

square

#488C82 #60488C #8C4852 #748C48

split-complementary

#488C82 #8C4874 #8C6048

monochromatic

#1E3B37 #33645C #488C82 #63AFA3 #8BC3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#488C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#488C82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C82

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C82	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.071 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea6',
    500: '#488c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c82;
$custom-light: #80aea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59245,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C82

secondary

#AF8188

accent

#606FC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C82

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

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