#488C88#488C88

#488C88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.069 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C88
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -22.55, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 23.00, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0683 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.069 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4927, 21.9101, 26.6477)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C88 #8C484C

analogous

#488C66 #488C88 #486E8C

triadic

#488C88 #88488C #8C8848

tetradic

#488C88 #66488C #8C484C #6E8C48

square

#488C88 #66488C #8C484C #6E8C48

split-complementary

#488C88 #8C486E #8C6648

monochromatic

#1E3B39 #336461 #488C88 #63AFAA #8BC3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#488C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C88

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C88	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#858688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.069 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeaa',
    500: '#488c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c88;
$custom-light: #80aeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59446,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C88

secondary

#AF8183

accent

#6066C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C88

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

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