#488D84#488D84

#488D84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.072 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D84
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 132)
HSL	hsl(172, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -24.13, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 24.20, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0714 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.072 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3605, 22.0920, 25.2274)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D84 #8D4851

analogous

#488D62 #488D84 #48748D

triadic

#488D84 #84488D #8D8448

tetradic

#488D84 #62488D #8D4851 #748D48

square

#488D84 #62488D #8D4851 #748D48

split-complementary

#488D84 #8D4874 #8D6248

monochromatic

#1F3C38 #33645E #488D84 #63AFA5 #8BC4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#488D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488D84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D84

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D84	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.072 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea7',
    500: '#488d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d84;
$custom-light: #80aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59562,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D84

secondary

#B08187

accent

#5F6DC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D84

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

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