#488E8B#488E8B

#488E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E8B
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(177, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -22.76, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 23.35, 192.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0694 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.071 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0038, 22.5863, 27.8846)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E8B #8E484B

analogous

#488E68 #488E8B #486E8E

triadic

#488E8B #8B488E #8E8B48

tetradic

#488E8B #68488E #8E484B #6E8E48

square

#488E8B #68488E #8E484B #6E8E48

split-complementary

#488E8B #8E486E #8E6848

monochromatic

#1F3D3B #336563 #488E8B #63B0AD #8CC5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#488E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E8B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E8B	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afac',
    500: '#488e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e8b;
$custom-light: #81afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6005,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E8B

secondary

#B08284

accent

#5F63C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E8B

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

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