#488D7C#488D7C

#488D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.075 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D7C
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 124)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -26.18, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 26.28, 174.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0751 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.075 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8339, 21.8814, 22.4540)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D7C #8D4859

analogous

#488D5A #488D7C #487C8D

triadic

#488D7C #7C488D #8D7C48

tetradic

#488D7C #5A488D #8D4859 #7C8D48

square

#488D7C #5A488D #8D4859 #7C8D48

split-complementary

#488D7C #8D487C #8D5A48

monochromatic

#1F3C35 #336458 #488D7C #63AF9C #8BC4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D7C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D7C	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.075 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea1',
    500: '#488d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d7c;
$custom-light: #80aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.217,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59308,
    "c": 0.07537,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D7C

secondary

#B0818D

accent

#5F79C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D7C

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

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