#488D87#488D87

#488D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.071 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D87
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -23.33, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 23.60, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.07 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.071 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5688, 22.1753, 26.3241)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D87 #8D484E

analogous

#488D65 #488D87 #48718D

triadic

#488D87 #87488D #8D8748

tetradic

#488D87 #65488D #8D484E #718D48

square

#488D87 #65488D #8D484E #718D48

split-complementary

#488D87 #8D4871 #8D6548

monochromatic

#1F3C39 #336460 #488D87 #63AFA9 #8BC4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#488D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#488D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D87

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D87	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.071 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aea9',
    500: '#488d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d87;
$custom-light: #80aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59663,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D87

secondary

#B08185

accent

#5F68C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D87

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

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