#488E8F#488E8F

#488E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E8F
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -21.66, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 22.87, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0676 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.071 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3014, 22.7054, 29.4521)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E8F #8F4948

analogous

#488F6D #488E8F #486B8F

triadic

#488E8F #8F488E #8E8F48

tetradic

#488E8F #6D488F #8F4948 #6B8F48

square

#488E8F #6D488F #8F4948 #6B8F48

split-complementary

#488E8F #8F486B #8F6D48

monochromatic

#1F3D3E #346666 #488E8F #63B0B1 #8CC4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#488E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E8F

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E8F	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afaf',
    500: '#488e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e8f;
$custom-light: #81afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60191,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E8F

secondary

#B18382

accent

#605FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E8F

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

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