#488D8D#488D8D

#488D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.070 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D8D
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -21.70, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 22.72, 197.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0673 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.07 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0031, 22.3491, 28.6119)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D8D #8D4848

analogous

#488D6B #488D8D #486B8D

triadic

#488D8D #8D488D #8D8D48

tetradic

#488D8D #6B488D #8D4848 #6B8D48

square

#488D8D #6B488D #8D4848 #6B8D48

split-complementary

#488D8D #8D486B #8D6B48

monochromatic

#1F3C3C #336464 #488D8D #63AFAF #8BC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D8D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D8D	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.070 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeae',
    500: '#488d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d8d;
$custom-light: #81aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59871,
    "c": 0.06981,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D8D

secondary

#B08181

accent

#5F5FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D8D

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

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