#488E6C#488E6C

#488E6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.089 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E6C
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 108)
HSL	hsl(151, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(151, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 23.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -30.44, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 32.52, 159.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0841 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.089 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0510, 21.8052, 17.6001)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E6C #8E486A

analogous

#488E49 #488E6C #488D8E

triadic

#488E6C #6C488E #8E6C48

tetradic

#488E6C #49488E #8E486A #8D8E48

square

#488E6C #49488E #8E486A #8D8E48

split-complementary

#488E6C #8E488D #8E4948

monochromatic

#1F3D2E #33654D #488E6C #63B08B #8CC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#488E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#488E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E6C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E6C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C856A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.089 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af96',
    500: '#488e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e6c;
$custom-light: #80af96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.857,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5911,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E6C

secondary

#B08298

accent

#5F92C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E6C

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

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