#488E7E#488E7E

#488E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.076 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E7E
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -26.18, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 26.23, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0754 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.076 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1098, 22.2287, 23.1763)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E7E #8E4858

analogous

#488E5B #488E7E #487B8E

triadic

#488E7E #7E488E #8E7E48

tetradic

#488E7E #5B488E #8E4858 #7B8E48

square

#488E7E #5B488E #8E4858 #7B8E48

split-complementary

#488E7E #8E487B #8E5B48

monochromatic

#1F3D36 #33655A #488E7E #63B09E #8CC5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#488E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#488E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E7E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E7E	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89877D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.076 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa3',
    500: '#488e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e7e;
$custom-light: #80afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59623,
    "c": 0.07554,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E7E

secondary

#B0828C

accent

#5F77C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F3

border

#CACECD

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E7E

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

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