#488E73#488E73

#488E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.083 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E73
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(157, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(157, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 19%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -28.85, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 29.85, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0807 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.083 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4386, 21.9603, 19.6415)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E73 #8E4863

analogous

#488E50 #488E73 #48868E

triadic

#488E73 #73488E #8E7348

tetradic

#488E73 #50488E #8E4863 #868E48

square

#488E73 #50488E #8E4863 #868E48

split-complementary

#488E73 #8E4886 #8E5048

monochromatic

#1F3D31 #336552 #488E73 #63B092 #8CC5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#488E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#488E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E73

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E73	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#8B8672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.083 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9b',
    500: '#488e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e73;
$custom-light: #80af9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.857,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59299,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E73

secondary

#B08294

accent

#5F88C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E73

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

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