#488C8A#488C8A

#488C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.069 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C8A
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -22.00, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 22.70, 194.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0674 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.069 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6362, 21.9674, 27.4033)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C8A #8C484A

analogous

#488C68 #488C8A #486C8C

triadic

#488C8A #8A488C #8C8A48

tetradic

#488C8A #68488C #8C484A #6C8C48

square

#488C8A #68488C #8C484A #6C8C48

split-complementary

#488C8A #8C486C #8C6848

monochromatic

#1E3B3A #336462 #488C8A #63AFAC #8BC3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#488C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#488C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C8A	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.069 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeac',
    500: '#488c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c8a;
$custom-light: #80aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59515,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C8A

secondary

#AF8182

accent

#6063C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C8A

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

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