#488995#488995

#488995 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.069 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488995
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 149)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -17.31, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 21.53, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.059 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.069 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0409, 21.4375, 31.6678)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488995 #955448

analogous

#48957A #488995 #486295

triadic

#488995 #954889 #899548

tetradic

#488995 #7A4895 #955448 #629548

square

#488995 #7A4895 #955448 #629548

split-complementary

#488995 #954862 #957A48

monochromatic

#203D42 #34636C #488995 #65A8B5 #8FC0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#488995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#488995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488995

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488995	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.069 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abb4',
    500: '#488995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488995;
$custom-light: #81abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 34.842,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.06878,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488995

secondary

#B48C84

accent

#6E5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488995

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

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