#488E75#488E75

#488E75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.081 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E75
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 117)
HSL	hsl(159, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -28.38, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 29.13, 166.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0797 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.081 168)
XYZ	xyz(15.5550, 22.0068, 20.2542)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E75 #8E4861

analogous

#488E52 #488E75 #48848E

triadic

#488E75 #75488E #8E7548

tetradic

#488E75 #52488E #8E4861 #848E48

square

#488E75 #52488E #8E4861 #848E48

split-complementary

#488E75 #8E4884 #8E5248

monochromatic

#1F3D32 #336554 #488E75 #63B095 #8CC5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#488E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#488E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E75

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E75	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.081 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9c',
    500: '#488e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e75;
$custom-light: #80af9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59355,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.22008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E75

secondary

#B08292

accent

#5F85C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E75

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

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