#488E6E#488E6E

#488E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.087 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E6E
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(153, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(153, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -29.99, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 31.73, 160.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0831 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.087 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1587, 21.8483, 18.1672)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E6E #8E4868

analogous

#488E4B #488E6E #488B8E

triadic

#488E6E #6E488E #8E6E48

tetradic

#488E6E #4B488E #8E4868 #8B8E48

square

#488E6E #4B488E #8E4868 #8B8E48

split-complementary

#488E6E #8E488B #8E4B48

monochromatic

#1F3D2F #33654F #488E6E #63B08D #8CC5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E6E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E6E	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C856C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.087 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af97',
    500: '#488e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e6e;
$custom-light: #80af97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59163,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E6E

secondary

#B08297

accent

#5F8FC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E6E

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

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