#488C8B#488C8B

#488C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.069 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C8B
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -21.73, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 22.58, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.067 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.069 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7089, 21.9965, 27.7863)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C8B #8C4849

analogous

#488C69 #488C8B #486B8C

triadic

#488C8B #8B488C #8C8B48

tetradic

#488C8B #69488C #8C4849 #6B8C48

square

#488C8B #69488C #8C4849 #6B8C48

split-complementary

#488C8B #8C486B #8C6948

monochromatic

#1E3B3B #336463 #488C8B #63AFAD #8BC3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#488C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#488C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C8B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C8B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.069 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeac',
    500: '#488c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c8b;
$custom-light: #81aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5955,
    "c": 0.06909,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C8B

secondary

#AF8181

accent

#6061C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C8B

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

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