#488C90#488C90

#488C90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C90
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -20.34, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 22.15, 203.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0648 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.069 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0826, 22.1460, 29.7545)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C90 #904C48

analogous

#489070 #488C90 #486890

triadic

#488C90 #90488C #8C9048

tetradic

#488C90 #704890 #904C48 #689048

square

#488C90 #704890 #904C48 #689048

split-complementary

#488C90 #904868 #907048

monochromatic

#1F3D3E #346467 #488C90 #64ADB1 #8DC3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#488C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C90

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C90	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb0',
    500: '#488c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c90;
$custom-light: #81aeb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5973,
    "c": 0.06914,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C90

secondary

#B18582

accent

#645EC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C90

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

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