#488B91#488B91

#488B91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.069 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B91
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 145)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 50%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -19.53, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 21.84, 206.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0631 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.069 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0139, 21.8858, 30.1104)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B91 #914E48

analogous

#489173 #488B91 #486691

triadic

#488B91 #91488B #8B9148

tetradic

#488B91 #734891 #914E48 #669148

square

#488B91 #734891 #914E48 #669148

split-complementary

#488B91 #914866 #917348

monochromatic

#1F3D3F #346468 #488B91 #64ACB2 #8DC2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#488B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B91

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B91	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767D91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.069 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb1',
    500: '#488b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b91;
$custom-light: #81adb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 33.641,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59519,
    "c": 0.06863,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B91

secondary

#B28783

accent

#675ECA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B91

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

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