#488E79#488E79

#488E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E79
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -27.42, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 27.77, 170.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0778 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.079 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7952, 22.1029, 21.5194)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E79 #8E485D

analogous

#488E56 #488E79 #48808E

triadic

#488E79 #79488E #8E7948

tetradic

#488E79 #56488E #8E485D #808E48

square

#488E79 #56488E #8E485D #808E48

split-complementary

#488E79 #8E4880 #8E5648

monochromatic

#1F3D34 #336556 #488E79 #63B099 #8CC5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E79

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E79	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80af9f',
    500: '#488e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e79;
$custom-light: #80af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59472,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E79

secondary

#B08290

accent

#5F7FC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E79

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

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