#488E85#488E85

#488E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.072 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E85
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -24.37, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 24.45, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0722 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.072 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5774, 22.4158, 25.6388)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E85 #8E4851

analogous

#488E62 #488E85 #48748E

triadic

#488E85 #85488E #8E8548

tetradic

#488E85 #62488E #8E4851 #748E48

square

#488E85 #62488E #8E4851 #748E48

split-complementary

#488E85 #8E4874 #8E6248

monochromatic

#1F3D39 #33655F #488E85 #63B0A6 #8CC5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E85

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E85	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.072 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa8',
    500: '#488e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e85;
$custom-light: #80afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59847,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E85

secondary

#B08288

accent

#5F6DC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E85

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

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