#488C8F#488C8F

#488C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -20.62, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 22.21, 201.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0652 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.069 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0065, 22.1156, 29.3538)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C8F #8F4B48

analogous

#488F6F #488C8F #48698F

triadic

#488C8F #8F488C #8C8F48

tetradic

#488C8F #6F488F #8F4B48 #698F48

square

#488C8F #6F488F #8F4B48 #698F48

split-complementary

#488C8F #8F4869 #8F6F48

monochromatic

#1F3C3E #346466 #488C8F #63ADB1 #8CC3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C8F

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C8F	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeaf',
    500: '#488c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c8f;
$custom-light: #81aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.06906,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C8F

secondary

#B18482

accent

#635FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C8F

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

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