#488F85#488F85

#488F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.073 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F85
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -24.88, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 24.93, 183.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0734 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.074 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7268, 22.7147, 25.6887)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F85 #8F4852

analogous

#488F62 #488F85 #48768F

triadic

#488F85 #85488F #8F8548

tetradic

#488F85 #62488F #8F4852 #768F48

square

#488F85 #62488F #8F4852 #768F48

split-complementary

#488F85 #8F4876 #8F6248

monochromatic

#1F3E39 #34665F #488F85 #63B1A6 #8CC5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#488F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F85

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F85	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)

#898885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.073 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b0a8',
    500: '#488f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f85;
$custom-light: #80b0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60099,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F85

secondary

#B18289

accent

#5F6EC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F85

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

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