#488B95#488B95

#488B95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.070 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B95
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -18.38, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 21.89, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0614 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.07 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3278, 22.0114, 31.7634)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B95 #955248

analogous

#489578 #488B95 #486495

triadic

#488B95 #95488B #8B9548

tetradic

#488B95 #784895 #955248 #649548

square

#488B95 #784895 #955248 #649548

split-complementary

#488B95 #954864 #957848

monochromatic

#203E42 #34656C #488B95 #65AAB5 #8FC1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#488B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#488B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B95

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B95	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.070 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb4',
    500: '#488b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b95;
$custom-light: #81adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.792,
    "s": 34.842,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.0696,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B95

secondary

#B48B84

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B95

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

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