#488D7D#488D7D

#488D7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.075 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D7D
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 125)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -25.93, 1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 25.99, 175.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0747 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.075 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8975, 21.9068, 22.7888)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D7D #8D4858

analogous

#488D5B #488D7D #487B8D

triadic

#488D7D #7D488D #8D7D48

tetradic

#488D7D #5B488D #8D4858 #7B8D48

square

#488D7D #5B488D #8D4858 #7B8D48

split-complementary

#488D7D #8D487B #8D5B48

monochromatic

#1F3C35 #336459 #488D7D #63AF9E #8BC4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#488D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D7D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D7D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#89867C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.075 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea2',
    500: '#488d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d7d;
$custom-light: #80aea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D7D

secondary

#B0818C

accent

#5F78C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D7D

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

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