#488D97#488D97

#488D97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.071 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D97
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -18.87, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 22.37, 212.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0629 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.071 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7811, 22.6603, 32.7090)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D97 #975248

analogous

#489779 #488D97 #486597

triadic

#488D97 #97488D #8D9748

tetradic

#488D97 #794897 #975248 #659748

square

#488D97 #794897 #975248 #659748

split-complementary

#488D97 #974865 #977948

monochromatic

#204044 #34666E #488D97 #66ACB6 #90C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#488D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#488D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D97

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D97	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)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.071 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aeb5',
    500: '#488d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d97;
$custom-light: #81aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6024,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D97

secondary

#B68B85

accent

#6A5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D97

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

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