#488D94#488D94

#488D94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.070 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D94
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 148)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -19.73, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 22.32, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0642 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.07 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5405, 22.5640, 31.4422)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D94 #944F48

analogous

#489475 #488D94 #486794

triadic

#488D94 #94488D #8D9448

tetradic

#488D94 #754894 #944F48 #679448

square

#488D94 #754894 #944F48 #679448

split-complementary

#488D94 #944867 #947548

monochromatic

#203F42 #34666B #488D94 #65ADB4 #8EC3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#488D94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D94

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D94	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.070 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb3',
    500: '#488d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d94;
$custom-light: #81aeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60126,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D94

secondary

#B48884

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D94

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

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