#488D8A#488D8A

#488D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.070 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -22.52, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 23.10, 192.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0686 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.07 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7829, 22.2610, 27.4522)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D8A #8D484B

analogous

#488D68 #488D8A #486E8D

triadic

#488D8A #8A488D #8D8A48

tetradic

#488D8A #68488D #8D484B #6E8D48

square

#488D8A #68488D #8D484B #6E8D48

split-complementary

#488D8A #8D486E #8D6848

monochromatic

#1F3C3B #336462 #488D8A #63AFAC #8BC4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#488D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#488D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D8A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D8A	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.070 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeac',
    500: '#488d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d8a;
$custom-light: #81aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D8A

secondary

#B08183

accent

#5F64C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D8A

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

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