#488C8E#488C8E

#488C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -20.90, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 22.28, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0656 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.069 198)
XYZ	xyz(16.9311, 22.0854, 28.9566)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C8E #8E4A48

analogous

#488E6D #488C8E #48698E

triadic

#488C8E #8E488C #8C8E48

tetradic

#488C8E #6D488E #8E4A48 #698E48

square

#488C8E #6D488E #8E4A48 #698E48

split-complementary

#488C8E #8E4869 #8E6D48

monochromatic

#1F3C3D #336465 #488C8E #63AEB0 #8CC3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#488C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C8E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C8E	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeaf',
    500: '#488c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c8e;
$custom-light: #81aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59657,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.22087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C8E

secondary

#B08382

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C8E

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

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