#488E8D#488E8D

#488E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E8D
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -22.22, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 23.09, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0685 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.071 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1513, 22.6453, 28.6613)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E8D #8E4849

analogous

#488E6A #488E8D #486C8E

triadic

#488E8D #8D488E #8E8D48

tetradic

#488E8D #6A488E #8E4849 #6C8E48

square

#488E8D #6A488E #8E4849 #6C8E48

split-complementary

#488E8D #8E486C #8E6A48

monochromatic

#1F3D3C #336565 #488E8D #63B0AF #8CC5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#488E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#488E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E8D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E8D	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afae',
    500: '#488e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e8d;
$custom-light: #81afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6012,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E8D

secondary

#B08282

accent

#5F60C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E8D

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

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