#488C8D#488C8D

#488C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.069 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C8D
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -21.18, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 22.36, 198.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0661 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.069 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8564, 22.0555, 28.5630)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C8D #8D4948

analogous

#488D6C #488C8D #486A8D

triadic

#488C8D #8D488C #8C8D48

tetradic

#488C8D #6C488D #8D4948 #6A8D48

square

#488C8D #6C488D #8D4948 #6A8D48

split-complementary

#488C8D #8D486A #8D6C48

monochromatic

#1F3C3C #336464 #488C8D #63AEAF #8BC3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#488C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#488C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C8D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C8D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.069 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeae',
    500: '#488c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c8d;
$custom-light: #81aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59622,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C8D

secondary

#B08281

accent

#615FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C8D

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

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