#488E97#488E97

#488E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.072 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E97
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -19.40, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 22.58, 210.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0641 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.072 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9292, 22.9565, 32.7584)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E97 #975148

analogous

#489778 #488E97 #486697

triadic

#488E97 #97488E #8E9748

tetradic

#488E97 #784897 #975148 #669748

square

#488E97 #784897 #975148 #669748

split-complementary

#488E97 #974866 #977848

monochromatic

#204044 #34676E #488E97 #66ADB6 #90C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#488E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#488E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E97

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E97	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.072 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb5',
    500: '#488e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e97;
$custom-light: #82afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.835,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60486,
    "c": 0.0716,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E97

secondary

#B68B85

accent

#695CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E97

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

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