#488C95#488C95

#488C95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.070 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C95
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 149)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 6%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -18.91, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 22.10, 211.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0626 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.07 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4732, 22.3023, 31.8119)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C95 #955148

analogous

#489577 #488C95 #486595

triadic

#488C95 #95488C #8C9548

tetradic

#488C95 #774895 #955148 #659548

square

#488C95 #774895 #955148 #659548

split-complementary

#488C95 #954865 #957748

monochromatic

#203E42 #34656C #488C95 #65ACB5 #8FC2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#488C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#488C95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C95

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C95	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.070 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb4',
    500: '#488c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c95;
$custom-light: #81adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.013,
    "s": 34.842,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59917,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C95

secondary

#B48A84

accent

#6A5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C95

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

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