#488C98#488C98

#488C98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C98
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 152)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -18.04, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 22.24, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0613 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.071 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7158, 22.3993, 33.0896)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C98 #985448

analogous

#48987C #488C98 #486498

triadic

#488C98 #98488C #8C9848

tetradic

#488C98 #7C4898 #985448 #649848

square

#488C98 #7C4898 #985448 #649848

split-complementary

#488C98 #984864 #987C48

monochromatic

#214045 #34666E #488C98 #66ABB7 #90C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C98

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C98	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb6',
    500: '#488c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c98;
$custom-light: #81adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60033,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C98

secondary

#B68D86

accent

#6D5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C98

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

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