#488F86#488F86

#488F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.073 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F86
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(172, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, -24.62, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 24.70, 184.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0729 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.073 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7962, 22.7424, 26.0542)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F86 #8F4851

analogous

#488F62 #488F86 #48758F

triadic

#488F86 #86488F #8F8648

tetradic

#488F86 #62488F #8F4851 #758F48

square

#488F86 #62488F #8F4851 #758F48

split-complementary

#488F86 #8F4875 #8F6248

monochromatic

#1F3E3A #346660 #488F86 #63B1A7 #8CC5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#488F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F86

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F86	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.073 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0a9',
    500: '#488f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f86;
$custom-light: #81b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60132,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F86

secondary

#B18288

accent

#5F6CC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F86

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

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