#488C96#488C96

#488C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.070 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C96
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -18.62, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 22.13, 212.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0622 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.07 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5534, 22.3343, 32.2342)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C96 #965248

analogous

#489679 #488C96 #486596

triadic

#488C96 #96488C #8C9648

tetradic

#488C96 #794896 #965248 #659648

square

#488C96 #794896 #965248 #659648

split-complementary

#488C96 #964865 #967948

monochromatic

#203F43 #34656D #488C96 #66ABB5 #8FC2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C96

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C96	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.070 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb4',
    500: '#488c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c96;
$custom-light: #81adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59955,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C96

secondary

#B58B85

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C96

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

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