#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
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -18.77, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 22.94, 215.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0636 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.073 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4090, 23.3875, 34.5481)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##488F9B	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #488F9B

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

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