#488E7A#488E7A

#488E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.078 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E7A
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -27.17, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 27.45, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0773 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.078 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8568, 22.1276, 21.8440)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E7A #8E485C

analogous

#488E57 #488E7A #487F8E

triadic

#488E7A #7A488E #8E7A48

tetradic

#488E7A #57488E #8E485C #7F8E48

square

#488E7A #57488E #8E485C #7F8E48

split-complementary

#488E7A #8E487F #8E5748

monochromatic

#1F3D34 #336557 #488E7A #63B09A #8CC5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#488E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E7A

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E7A	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.078 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa0',
    500: '#488e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e7a;
$custom-light: #80afa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59501,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E7A

secondary

#B0828F

accent

#5F7DC9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E7A

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

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