#488F87#488F87

#488F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.073 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F87
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(173, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -24.35, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 24.49, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0724 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.073 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8663, 22.7705, 26.4233)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F87 #8F4850

analogous

#488F63 #488F87 #48748F

triadic

#488F87 #87488F #8F8748

tetradic

#488F87 #63488F #8F4850 #748F48

square

#488F87 #63488F #8F4850 #748F48

split-complementary

#488F87 #8F4874 #8F6348

monochromatic

#1F3E3A #346661 #488F87 #63B1A8 #8CC5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#488F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F87

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F87	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)

#898887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.073 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0a9',
    500: '#488f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f87;
$custom-light: #81b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60165,
    "c": 0.07282,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F87

secondary

#B18287

accent

#5F6BC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F87

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

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