#488D79#488D79

#488D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.077 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D79
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -26.92, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 27.21, 171.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0766 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.077 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6471, 21.8067, 21.4700)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D79 #8D485C

analogous

#488D57 #488D79 #487F8D

triadic

#488D79 #79488D #8D7948

tetradic

#488D79 #57488D #8D485C #7F8D48

square

#488D79 #57488D #8D485C #7F8D48

split-complementary

#488D79 #8D487F #8D5748

monochromatic

#1F3C33 #336456 #488D79 #63AF99 #8BC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#488D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D79

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D79	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)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.077 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ae9f',
    500: '#488d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d79;
$custom-light: #80ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.609,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59217,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D79

secondary

#B0818F

accent

#5F7EC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D79

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

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