#488E80#488E80

#488E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E80
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(168, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -25.67, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 25.68, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0745 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.074 179)
XYZ	xyz(16.2401, 22.2809, 23.8627)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E80 #8E4856

analogous

#488E5D #488E80 #48798E

triadic

#488E80 #80488E #8E8048

tetradic

#488E80 #5D488E #8E4856 #798E48

square

#488E80 #5D488E #8E4856 #798E48

split-complementary

#488E80 #8E4879 #8E5D48

monochromatic

#1F3D37 #33655B #488E80 #63B0A1 #8CC5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#488E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#488E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E80

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E80	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89877F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa4',
    500: '#488e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e80;
$custom-light: #80afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59686,
    "c": 0.07449,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.22282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E80

secondary

#B0828B

accent

#5F74C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E80

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

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