#488D78#488D78

#488D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.078 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D78
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 14.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -27.17, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 27.54, 170.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.077 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.078 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5861, 21.7823, 21.1487)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D78 #8D485D

analogous

#488D56 #488D78 #48808D

triadic

#488D78 #78488D #8D7848

tetradic

#488D78 #56488D #8D485D #808D48

square

#488D78 #56488D #8D485D #808D48

split-complementary

#488D78 #8D4880 #8D5648

monochromatic

#1F3C33 #336456 #488D78 #63AF98 #8BC4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#488D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D78

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D78	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.078 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9f',
    500: '#488d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d78;
$custom-light: #80ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59187,
    "c": 0.0779,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D78

secondary

#B0818F

accent

#5F7FC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D78

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

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