#488E71#488E71

#488E71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.085 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E71
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 113)
HSL	hsl(155, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(155, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 20.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -29.31, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 30.59, 163.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0816 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.085 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3248, 21.9147, 19.0420)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E71 #8E4865

analogous

#488E4E #488E71 #48888E

triadic

#488E71 #71488E #8E7148

tetradic

#488E71 #4E488E #8E4865 #888E48

square

#488E71 #4E488E #8E4865 #888E48

split-complementary

#488E71 #8E4888 #8E4E48

monochromatic

#1F3D30 #336551 #488E71 #63B090 #8CC5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#488E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E71

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E71	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C866F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.085 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af99',
    500: '#488e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e71;
$custom-light: #80af99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59244,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E71

secondary

#B08295

accent

#5F8BC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E71

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

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