#488E89#488E89

#488E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E89
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -23.31, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 23.67, 190.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0703 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.071 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8590, 22.5284, 27.1221)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E89 #8E484D

analogous

#488E66 #488E89 #48708E

triadic

#488E89 #89488E #8E8948

tetradic

#488E89 #66488E #8E484D #708E48

square

#488E89 #66488E #8E484D #708E48

split-complementary

#488E89 #8E4870 #8E6648

monochromatic

#1F3D3B #336562 #488E89 #63B0AB #8CC5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#488E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E89

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E89	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)

#878889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afab',
    500: '#488e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e89;
$custom-light: #81afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59981,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E89

secondary

#B08285

accent

#5F67C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E89

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

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