#488D77#488D77

#488D77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.079 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D77
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 119)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -27.41, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 27.87, 169.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0775 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.079 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5257, 21.7581, 20.8308)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D77 #8D485E

analogous

#488D55 #488D77 #48818D

triadic

#488D77 #77488D #8D7748

tetradic

#488D77 #55488D #8D485E #818D48

square

#488D77 #55488D #8D485E #818D48

split-complementary

#488D77 #8D4881 #8D5548

monochromatic

#1F3C33 #336455 #488D77 #63AF97 #8BC4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#488D77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D77

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D77	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.079 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9e',
    500: '#488d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d77;
$custom-light: #80ae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.87,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59158,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D77

secondary

#B08190

accent

#5F81C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D77

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

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