#488D86#488D86

#488D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.071 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D86
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -23.60, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 23.79, 187.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0705 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.071 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4987, 22.1473, 25.9551)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D86 #8D484F

analogous

#488D64 #488D86 #48728D

triadic

#488D86 #86488D #8D8648

tetradic

#488D86 #64488D #8D484F #728D48

square

#488D86 #64488D #8D484F #728D48

split-complementary

#488D86 #8D4872 #8D6448

monochromatic

#1F3C39 #33645F #488D86 #63AFA8 #8BC4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#488D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D86

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D86	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.071 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea9',
    500: '#488d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d86;
$custom-light: #80aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59629,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D86

secondary

#B08186

accent

#5F6AC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D86

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

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