#488F89#488F89

#488F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.072 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F89
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(175, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(175, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -23.82, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 24.10, 188.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0715 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.072 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0084, 22.8273, 27.1719)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F89 #8F484E

analogous

#488F66 #488F89 #48718F

triadic

#488F89 #89488F #8F8948

tetradic

#488F89 #66488F #8F484E #718F48

square

#488F89 #66488F #8F484E #718F48

split-complementary

#488F89 #8F4871 #8F6648

monochromatic

#1F3E3B #346662 #488F89 #63B1AA #8CC5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F89

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F89	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.072 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0ab',
    500: '#488f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f89;
$custom-light: #81b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.93,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60232,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F89

secondary

#B18286

accent

#5F68C9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F89

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

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