#488D83#488D83

#488D83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.072 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D83
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(171, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 7.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -24.39, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 24.43, 183.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0719 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.072 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2924, 22.0648, 24.8687)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D83 #8D4852

analogous

#488D61 #488D83 #48758D

triadic

#488D83 #83488D #8D8348

tetradic

#488D83 #61488D #8D4852 #758D48

square

#488D83 #61488D #8D4852 #758D48

split-complementary

#488D83 #8D4875 #8D6148

monochromatic

#1F3C38 #33645D #488D83 #63AFA4 #8BC4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#488D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#488D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D83

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D83	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.072 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea7',
    500: '#488d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d83;
$custom-light: #80aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.304,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D83

secondary

#B08188

accent

#5F6FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D83

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

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