#488C97#488C97

#488C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C97
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -18.33, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 22.18, 214.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0617 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.071 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6343, 22.3667, 32.6601)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C97 #975348

analogous

#48977A #488C97 #486497

triadic

#488C97 #97488C #8C9748

tetradic

#488C97 #7A4897 #975348 #649748

square

#488C97 #7A4897 #975348 #649748

split-complementary

#488C97 #974864 #977A48

monochromatic

#203F44 #34666E #488C97 #66ABB6 #90C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C97

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C97	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)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb5',
    500: '#488c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c97;
$custom-light: #81adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.354,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C97

secondary

#B68C85

accent

#6C5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C97

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

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