#488D85#488D85

#488D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.071 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D85
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -23.86, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 23.99, 185.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0709 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.071 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4293, 22.1195, 25.5895)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D85 #8D4850

analogous

#488D63 #488D85 #48738D

triadic

#488D85 #85488D #8D8548

tetradic

#488D85 #63488D #8D4850 #738D48

square

#488D85 #63488D #8D4850 #738D48

split-complementary

#488D85 #8D4873 #8D6348

monochromatic

#1F3C39 #33645F #488D85 #63AFA6 #8BC4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D85

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D85	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#878685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.071 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea8',
    500: '#488d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d85;
$custom-light: #80aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59596,
    "c": 0.07128,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D85

secondary

#B08187

accent

#5F6BC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D85

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

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