#488E99#488E99

#488E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.072 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E99
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -18.82, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 22.65, 213.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0632 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.072 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0930, 23.0220, 33.6210)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E99 #995348

analogous

#48997C #488E99 #486699

triadic

#488E99 #99488E #8E9948

tetradic

#488E99 #7C4899 #995348 #669948

square

#488E99 #7C4899 #995348 #669948

split-complementary

#488E99 #994866 #997C48

monochromatic

#214146 #34676F #488E99 #67ACB7 #90C3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E99

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E99	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.072 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb7',
    500: '#488e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e99;
$custom-light: #82afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.148,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60563,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E99

secondary

#B78D86

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E99

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

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