#488C83#488C83

#488C83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.071 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C83
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -23.88, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 23.95, 184.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0706 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.071 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1456, 21.7712, 24.8198)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C83 #8C4851

analogous

#488C61 #488C83 #48738C

triadic

#488C83 #83488C #8C8348

tetradic

#488C83 #61488C #8C4851 #738C48

square

#488C83 #61488C #8C4851 #738C48

split-complementary

#488C83 #8C4873 #8C6148

monochromatic

#1E3B37 #33645D #488C83 #63AFA5 #8BC3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#488C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C83

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C83	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.071 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea7',
    500: '#488c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c83;
$custom-light: #80aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59278,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C83

secondary

#AF8187

accent

#606DC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C83

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

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