#488E82#488E82

#488E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E82
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(170, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -25.15, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 25.16, 180.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0735 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.074 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3731, 22.3340, 24.5629)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E82 #8E4854

analogous

#488E5F #488E82 #48778E

triadic

#488E82 #82488E #8E8248

tetradic

#488E82 #5F488E #8E4854 #778E48

square

#488E82 #5F488E #8E4854 #778E48

split-complementary

#488E82 #8E4877 #8E5F48

monochromatic

#1F3D38 #33655D #488E82 #63B0A3 #8CC5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E82

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E82	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa6',
    500: '#488e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e82;
$custom-light: #80afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59749,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E82

secondary

#B0828A

accent

#5F71C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E82

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

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