#488D98#488D98

#488D98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.071 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D98
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -18.58, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 22.41, 214.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0625 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.071 209)
XYZ	xyz(17.8626, 22.6929, 33.1385)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D98 #985348

analogous

#48987B #488D98 #486598

triadic

#488D98 #98488D #8D9848

tetradic

#488D98 #7B4898 #985348 #659848

square

#488D98 #7B4898 #985348 #659848

split-complementary

#488D98 #984865 #987B48

monochromatic

#214045 #34666E #488D98 #66ACB7 #90C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#488D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D98

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D98	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.071 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeb6',
    500: '#488d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d98;
$custom-light: #82aeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60278,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D98

secondary

#B68C86

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D98

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

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