#488D8F#488D8F

#488D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.070 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D8F
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -21.14, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 22.53, 200.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0664 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.07 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1533, 22.4092, 29.4027)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D8F #8F4A48

analogous

#488F6E #488D8F #486A8F

triadic

#488D8F #8F488D #8D8F48

tetradic

#488D8F #6E488F #8F4A48 #6A8F48

square

#488D8F #6E488F #8F4A48 #6A8F48

split-complementary

#488D8F #8F486A #8F6E48

monochromatic

#1F3D3E #346566 #488D8F #63AFB1 #8CC4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D8F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D8F	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.070 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeaf',
    500: '#488d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d8f;
$custom-light: #81aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59942,
    "c": 0.06979,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D8F

secondary

#B18382

accent

#625FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D8F

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

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