#488F9B#488F9B

#488F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.073 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488F9B
RGBrgb(72, 143, 155)
HSLhsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSVhsv(189, 54%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(53.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(55.47, -18.77, -13.19)
CIE-LCHlch(55.47, 22.94, 215.10°)
OKLaboklab(60.89% -0.0636 -0.0364)
OKLCHoklch(60.89% 0.073 209.8)
XYZxyz(18.4090, 23.3875, 34.5481)
Luminance0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488F9B #9B5448
analogous
#489B7E #488F9B #48659B
triadic
#488F9B #9B488F #8F9B48
tetradic
#488F9B #7E489B #9B5448 #659B48
square
#488F9B #7E489B #9B5448 #659B48
split-complementary
#488F9B #9B4865 #9B7E48
monochromatic
#214247 #356871 #488F9B #68ADB9 #91C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70
#488F9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68
#488F9B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F9B
5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488F9B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488F9B1.003.705.685.68
#FFFFFF3.701.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6821.001.001.00
##0000005.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#848A9C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#77819B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#069593
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.073 209.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0b8',
    500: '#488f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488f9b;
$custom-light: #82b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60885,
    "c": 0.07328,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488F9B
secondary
#B88E87
accent
#6C5BCD
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1011
muted
#7C7F80

Preview Lab

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#488F9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva