#488B97#488B97

#488B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.070 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B97
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -17.80, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 22.01, 216.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0605 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.07 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4888, 22.0758, 32.6116)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B97 #975448

analogous

#48977B #488B97 #486397

triadic

#488B97 #97488B #8B9748

tetradic

#488B97 #7B4897 #975448 #639748

square

#488B97 #7B4897 #975448 #639748

split-complementary

#488B97 #974863 #977B48

monochromatic

#203F44 #34656E #488B97 #66AAB6 #90C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#488B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#488B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B97

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B97	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.070 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb5',
    500: '#488b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b97;
$custom-light: #81adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.114,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B97

secondary

#B68D85

accent

#6D5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B97

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

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