#488F79#488F79

#488F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.080 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F79
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -27.91, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 28.33, 170.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.079 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.08 171)
XYZ	xyz(15.9447, 22.4018, 21.5692)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F79 #8F485E

analogous

#488F55 #488F79 #48828F

triadic

#488F79 #79488F #8F7948

tetradic

#488F79 #55488F #8F485E #828F48

square

#488F79 #55488F #8F485E #828F48

split-complementary

#488F79 #8F4882 #8F5548

monochromatic

#1F3E34 #346657 #488F79 #63B199 #8CC5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F79

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F79	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.080 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b09f',
    500: '#488f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f79;
$custom-light: #80b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.408,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.22403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F79

secondary

#B18290

accent

#5F80C9

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF5F2

border

#CACFCC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →