#488E7D#488E7D

#488E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.076 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E7D
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 125)
HSL	hsl(165, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -26.43, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 26.53, 175.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0759 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.076 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0456, 22.2031, 22.8381)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E7D #8E4859

analogous

#488E5A #488E7D #487C8E

triadic

#488E7D #7D488E #8E7D48

tetradic

#488E7D #5A488E #8E4859 #7C8E48

square

#488E7D #5A488E #8E4859 #7C8E48

split-complementary

#488E7D #8E487C #8E5A48

monochromatic

#1F3D36 #336559 #488E7D #63B09D #8CC5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#488E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#488E7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E7D

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E7D	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A877C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.076 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa2',
    500: '#488e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e7d;
$custom-light: #80afa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.429,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59592,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E7D

secondary

#B0828D

accent

#5F79C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E7D

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

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