#488D7A#488D7A

#488D7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.077 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D7A
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 13.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -26.68, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 26.90, 172.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0761 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.077 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7087, 21.8313, 21.7946)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D7A #8D485B

analogous

#488D58 #488D7A #487E8D

triadic

#488D7A #7A488D #8D7A48

tetradic

#488D7A #58488D #8D485B #7E8D48

square

#488D7A #58488D #8D485B #7E8D48

split-complementary

#488D7A #8D487E #8D5848

monochromatic

#1F3C34 #336457 #488D7A #63AF9A #8BC4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488D7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D7A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D7A	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.077 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea0',
    500: '#488d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d7a;
$custom-light: #80aea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.478,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D7A

secondary

#B0818E

accent

#5F7CC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D7A

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

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