#488E86#488E86

#488E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.072 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E86
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(173, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -24.11, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 24.24, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0717 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.072 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6468, 22.4435, 26.0044)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E86 #8E4850

analogous

#488E63 #488E86 #48738E

triadic

#488E86 #86488E #8E8648

tetradic

#488E86 #63488E #8E4850 #738E48

square

#488E86 #63488E #8E4850 #738E48

split-complementary

#488E86 #8E4873 #8E6348

monochromatic

#1F3D39 #336560 #488E86 #63B0A7 #8CC5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#488E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E86

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E86	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.072 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa9',
    500: '#488e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e86;
$custom-light: #80afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5988,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E86

secondary

#B08287

accent

#5F6BC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E86

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

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