#488F8A#488F8A

#488F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.072 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F8A
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -23.55, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 23.92, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0711 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.072 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0805, 22.8561, 27.5514)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F8A #8F484D

analogous

#488F67 #488F8A #48708F

triadic

#488F8A #8A488F #8F8A48

tetradic

#488F8A #67488F #8F484D #708F48

square

#488F8A #67488F #8F484D #708F48

split-complementary

#488F8A #8F4870 #8F6748

monochromatic

#1F3E3B #346663 #488F8A #63B1AB #8CC5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F8A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F8A	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.072 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0ac',
    500: '#488f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f8a;
$custom-light: #81b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60266,
    "c": 0.07203,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F8A

secondary

#B18285

accent

#5F66C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F8A

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

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