#488D6D#488D6D

#488D6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.087 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D6D
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 109)
HSL	hsl(152, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(152, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 22.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -29.74, 10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 31.52, 160.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0824 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.087 162)
XYZ	xyz(14.9565, 21.5304, 17.8327)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D6D #8D4868

analogous

#488D4B #488D6D #488B8D

triadic

#488D6D #6D488D #8D6D48

tetradic

#488D6D #4B488D #8D4868 #8B8D48

square

#488D6D #4B488D #8D4868 #8B8D48

split-complementary

#488D6D #8D488B #8D4B48

monochromatic

#1F3C2E #33644E #488D6D #63AF8C #8BC4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#488D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#488D6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D6D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D6D	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B846B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.087 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faf96',
    500: '#488d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d6d;
$custom-light: #7faf96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.174,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58879,
    "c": 0.08659,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.21532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D6D

secondary

#B08197

accent

#5F90C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D6D

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

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