#488E8A#488E8A

#488E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -23.04, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 23.51, 191.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0698 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.071 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9311, 22.5572, 27.5016)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E8A #8E484C

analogous

#488E67 #488E8A #486F8E

triadic

#488E8A #8A488E #8E8A48

tetradic

#488E8A #67488E #8E484C #6F8E48

square

#488E8A #67488E #8E484C #6F8E48

split-complementary

#488E8A #8E486F #8E6748

monochromatic

#1F3D3B #336563 #488E8A #63B0AC #8CC5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#488E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E8A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E8A	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afac',
    500: '#488e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e8a;
$custom-light: #81afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60016,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E8A

secondary

#B08284

accent

#5F65C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E8A

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

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