#488E59#488E59

#488E59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.108 H 149.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E59
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(135, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(135, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -34.29, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 40.54, 147.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0932 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.108 149.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1478, 21.4439, 12.8428)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E59 #8E487D

analogous

#5A8E48 #488E59 #488E7C

triadic

#488E59 #59488E #8E5948

tetradic

#488E59 #485A8E #8E487D #8E7C48

square

#488E59 #485A8E #8E487D #8E7C48

split-complementary

#488E59 #7C488E #8E485A

monochromatic

#1F3D26 #336540 #488E59 #63B076 #8CC59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#488E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#488E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E59

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E59	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.108 149.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af88',
    500: '#488e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e59;
$custom-light: #80af88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58667,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 149.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E59

secondary

#B082A5

accent

#5FAFC9

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0A100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E59

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

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