#488B90#488B90

#488B90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.068 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B90
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 144)
HSL	hsl(184, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -19.81, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 21.86, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0635 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.068 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9372, 21.8551, 29.7061)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B90 #904D48

analogous

#489071 #488B90 #486790

triadic

#488B90 #90488B #8B9048

tetradic

#488B90 #714890 #904D48 #679048

square

#488B90 #714890 #904D48 #679048

split-complementary

#488B90 #904867 #907148

monochromatic

#1F3C3E #346467 #488B90 #64ACB1 #8DC2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B90

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B90	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.068 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb0',
    500: '#488b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b90;
$custom-light: #81adb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59482,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B90

secondary

#B18682

accent

#665EC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B90

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

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