#488E9A#488E9A

#488E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.073 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E9A
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -18.53, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 22.71, 215.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0628 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.073 210)
XYZ	xyz(18.1759, 23.0552, 34.0578)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E9A #9A5448

analogous

#489A7D #488E9A #48659A

triadic

#488E9A #9A488E #8E9A48

tetradic

#488E9A #7D489A #9A5448 #659A48

square

#488E9A #7D489A #9A5448 #659A48

split-complementary

#488E9A #9A4865 #9A7D48

monochromatic

#214147 #356870 #488E9A #67ACB8 #91C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#488E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E9A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E9A	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.073 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb7',
    500: '#488e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e9a;
$custom-light: #82afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60601,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.23057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E9A

secondary

#B78E86

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E9A

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

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