#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
RGBrgb(72, 140, 136)
HSLhsl(176, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(176, 49%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.93, -22.55, -4.53)
CIE-LCHlch(53.93, 23.00, 191.36°)
OKLaboklab(59.45% -0.0683 -0.0126)
OKLCHoklch(59.45% 0.069 190.4)
XYZxyz(16.4927, 21.9101, 26.6477)
Luminance0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

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
##488C881.003.905.385.38
#FFFFFF3.901.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3821.001.001.00
##0000005.3821.001.001.00

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

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#488C88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva