#488C87#488C87

#488C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.070 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C87
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -22.82, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 23.16, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0688 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.07 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4220, 21.8818, 26.2752)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C87 #8C484D

analogous

#488C65 #488C87 #486F8C

triadic

#488C87 #87488C #8C8748

tetradic

#488C87 #65488C #8C484D #6F8C48

square

#488C87 #65488C #8C484D #6F8C48

split-complementary

#488C87 #8C486F #8C6548

monochromatic

#1E3B39 #336460 #488C87 #63AFA9 #8BC3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C87

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C87	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.070 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea9',
    500: '#488c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c87;
$custom-light: #80aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.588,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C87

secondary

#AF8184

accent

#6067C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C87

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

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