#488E9B#488E9B

#488E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.073 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E9B
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -18.23, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 22.78, 216.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0624 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.073 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2596, 23.0886, 34.4983)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E9B #9B5548

analogous

#489B7F #488E9B #48649B

triadic

#488E9B #9B488E #8E9B48

tetradic

#488E9B #7F489B #9B5548 #649B48

square

#488E9B #7F489B #9B5548 #649B48

split-complementary

#488E9B #9B4864 #9B7F48

monochromatic

#214147 #356871 #488E9B #68ACB9 #91C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#488E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E9B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E9B	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.073 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb8',
    500: '#488e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e9b;
$custom-light: #82afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.398,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6064,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E9B

secondary

#B88F87

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E9B

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

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