#488E91#488E91

#488E91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.071 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E91
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 145)
HSL	hsl(182, 34%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 50%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -21.11, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 22.71, 201.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0667 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.071 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4543, 22.7665, 30.2571)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E91 #914B48

analogous

#489170 #488E91 #486991

triadic

#488E91 #91488E #8E9148

tetradic

#488E91 #704891 #914B48 #699148

square

#488E91 #704891 #914B48 #699148

split-complementary

#488E91 #914869 #917048

monochromatic

#1F3E3F #346668 #488E91 #64AFB2 #8DC4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#488E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E91

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E91	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#868991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.071 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afb1',
    500: '#488e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e91;
$custom-light: #81afb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 33.641,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60263,
    "c": 0.07062,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E91

secondary

#B28583

accent

#625ECA

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F5

border

#CACECF

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E91

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

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