#488C99#488C99

#488C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.071 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C99
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -17.75, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 22.32, 217.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0609 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.071 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7981, 22.4322, 33.5227)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C99 #995548

analogous

#48997E #488C99 #486499

triadic

#488C99 #99488C #8C9948

tetradic

#488C99 #7E4899 #995548 #649948

square

#488C99 #7E4899 #995548 #649948

split-complementary

#488C99 #994864 #997E48

monochromatic

#214046 #34666F #488C99 #67AAB7 #90C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#488C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C99

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C99	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.071 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adb7',
    500: '#488c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c99;
$custom-light: #82adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.63,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60072,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C99

secondary

#B78E86

accent

#6E5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C99

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

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