#488E87#488E87

#488E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.072 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E87
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(174, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -23.84, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 24.04, 187.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0712 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.072 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7169, 22.4716, 26.3735)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E87 #8E484F

analogous

#488E64 #488E87 #48728E

triadic

#488E87 #87488E #8E8748

tetradic

#488E87 #64488E #8E484F #728E48

square

#488E87 #64488E #8E484F #728E48

split-complementary

#488E87 #8E4872 #8E6448

monochromatic

#1F3D3A #336560 #488E87 #63B0A8 #8CC5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#488E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#488E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E87

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E87	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#888787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.072 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa9',
    500: '#488e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e87;
$custom-light: #80afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E87

secondary

#B08286

accent

#5F6AC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E87

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

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