#488D7E#488D7E

#488D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.074 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D7E
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -25.67, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 25.71, 177.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0742 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.074 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9617, 21.9325, 23.1269)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D7E #8D4857

analogous

#488D5C #488D7E #487A8D

triadic

#488D7E #7E488D #8D7E48

tetradic

#488D7E #5C488D #8D4857 #7A8D48

square

#488D7E #5C488D #8D4857 #7A8D48

split-complementary

#488D7E #8D487A #8D5C48

monochromatic

#1F3C36 #33645A #488D7E #63AF9F #8BC4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#488D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#488D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D7E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D7E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.074 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea3',
    500: '#488d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d7e;
$custom-light: #80aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.07426,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D7E

secondary

#B0818B

accent

#5F76C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D7E

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

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