#488D89#488D89

#488D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.070 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D89
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -22.79, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 23.25, 191.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0691 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.07 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7109, 22.2322, 27.0727)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D89 #8D484C

analogous

#488D67 #488D89 #486F8D

triadic

#488D89 #89488D #8D8948

tetradic

#488D89 #67488D #8D484C #6F8D48

square

#488D89 #67488D #8D484C #6F8D48

split-complementary

#488D89 #8D486F #8D6748

monochromatic

#1F3C3A #336462 #488D89 #63AFAB #8BC4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#488D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#488D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D89

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D89	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.070 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aeab',
    500: '#488d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d89;
$custom-light: #80aeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59731,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D89

secondary

#B08184

accent

#5F65C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D89

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

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