#488F96#488F96

#488F96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.072 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F96
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -20.21, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 22.81, 207.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0657 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.072 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9978, 23.2230, 32.3823)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F96 #964F48

analogous

#489676 #488F96 #486896

triadic

#488F96 #96488F #8F9648

tetradic

#488F96 #764896 #964F48 #689648

square

#488F96 #764896 #964F48 #689648

split-complementary

#488F96 #964868 #967648

monochromatic

#204043 #34686D #488F96 #66AEB5 #8FC4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#488F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#488F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F96

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F96	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.072 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0b4',
    500: '#488f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f96;
$custom-light: #82b0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60695,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F96

secondary

#B58985

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F96

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

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