#488C84#488C84

#488C84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.070 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C84
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 132)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -23.62, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 23.74, 185.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0702 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.071 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2137, 21.7985, 25.1784)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C84 #8C4850

analogous

#488C62 #488C84 #48728C

triadic

#488C84 #84488C #8C8448

tetradic

#488C84 #62488C #8C4850 #728C48

square

#488C84 #62488C #8C4850 #728C48

split-complementary

#488C84 #8C4872 #8C6248

monochromatic

#1E3B38 #33645E #488C84 #63AFA6 #8BC3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#488C84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C84

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C84	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.070 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea7',
    500: '#488c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c84;
$custom-light: #80aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59311,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C84

secondary

#AF8186

accent

#606CC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C84

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

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