#488D99#488D99

#488D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.072 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D99
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -18.29, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 22.47, 215.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0621 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.072 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9449, 22.7258, 33.5717)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D99 #995448

analogous

#48997D #488D99 #486599

triadic

#488D99 #99488D #8D9948

tetradic

#488D99 #7D4899 #995448 #659948

square

#488D99 #7D4899 #995448 #659948

split-complementary

#488D99 #994865 #997D48

monochromatic

#214046 #34676F #488D99 #67ABB7 #90C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#488D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D99

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D99	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.072 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeb7',
    500: '#488d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d99;
$custom-light: #82aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60317,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D99

secondary

#B78D86

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D99

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

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