#488E83#488E83

#488E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E83
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -24.89, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 24.91, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0731 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.073 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4405, 22.3610, 24.9181)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E83 #8E4853

analogous

#488E60 #488E83 #48768E

triadic

#488E83 #83488E #8E8348

tetradic

#488E83 #60488E #8E4853 #768E48

square

#488E83 #60488E #8E4853 #768E48

split-complementary

#488E83 #8E4876 #8E6048

monochromatic

#1F3D38 #33655E #488E83 #63B0A4 #8CC5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E83

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E83	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)

#888783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa7',
    500: '#488e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e83;
$custom-light: #80afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59782,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E83

secondary

#B08289

accent

#5F70C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E83

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

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