#488990#488990

#488990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.067 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488990
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -18.75, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 21.33, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0611 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.067 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6502, 21.2812, 29.6104)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488990 #904F48

analogous

#489073 #488990 #486590

triadic

#488990 #904889 #899048

tetradic

#488990 #734890 #904F48 #659048

square

#488990 #734890 #904F48 #659048

split-complementary

#488990 #904865 #907348

monochromatic

#1F3B3E #346267 #488990 #64AAB1 #8DC0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#488990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#488990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488990

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488990	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.067 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abb0',
    500: '#488990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488990;
$custom-light: #81abb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58987,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488990

secondary

#B18782

accent

#695EC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488990

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

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