#488D96#488D96

#488D96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.071 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D96
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 6%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -19.16, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 22.34, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0633 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.071 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7002, 22.6279, 32.2831)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D96 #965148

analogous

#489678 #488D96 #486696

triadic

#488D96 #96488D #8D9648

tetradic

#488D96 #784896 #965148 #669648

square

#488D96 #784896 #965148 #669648

split-complementary

#488D96 #964866 #967848

monochromatic

#203F43 #34666D #488D96 #66ACB5 #8FC3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#488D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#488D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D96

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D96	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.071 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb4',
    500: '#488d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d96;
$custom-light: #81aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D96

secondary

#B58A85

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D96

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

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