#488C85#488C85

#488C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.070 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C85
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -23.35, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 23.53, 187.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0697 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.07 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2825, 21.8260, 25.5405)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C85 #8C484F

analogous

#488C63 #488C85 #48718C

triadic

#488C85 #85488C #8C8548

tetradic

#488C85 #63488C #8C484F #718C48

square

#488C85 #63488C #8C484F #718C48

split-complementary

#488C85 #8C4871 #8C6348

monochromatic

#1E3B38 #33645F #488C85 #63AFA7 #8BC3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C85

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C85	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.070 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea8',
    500: '#488c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c85;
$custom-light: #80aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59344,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C85

secondary

#AF8186

accent

#606AC8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C85

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

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