#488E72#488E72

#488E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.084 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E72
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(156, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(156, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -29.08, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 30.21, 164.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0812 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.084 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3814, 21.9374, 19.3401)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E72 #8E4864

analogous

#488E4F #488E72 #48878E

triadic

#488E72 #72488E #8E7248

tetradic

#488E72 #4F488E #8E4864 #878E48

square

#488E72 #4F488E #8E4864 #878E48

split-complementary

#488E72 #8E4887 #8E4F48

monochromatic

#1F3D31 #336551 #488E72 #63B091 #8CC5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#488E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#488E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E72

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E72	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#318E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.084 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9a',
    500: '#488e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e72;
$custom-light: #80af9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59271,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E72

secondary

#B08294

accent

#5F89C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E72

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

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