#488C86#488C86

#488C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.070 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C86
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -23.08, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 23.34, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0693 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.07 188)
XYZ	xyz(16.3519, 21.8537, 25.9061)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C86 #8C484E

analogous

#488C64 #488C86 #48708C

triadic

#488C86 #86488C #8C8648

tetradic

#488C86 #64488C #8C484E #708C48

square

#488C86 #64488C #8C484E #708C48

split-complementary

#488C86 #8C4870 #8C6448

monochromatic

#1E3B39 #33645F #488C86 #63AFA8 #8BC3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C86

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C86	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)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.070 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea9',
    500: '#488c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c86;
$custom-light: #80aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59378,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.21855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C86

secondary

#AF8185

accent

#6069C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C86

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

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