#488F9C#488F9C

#488F9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.074 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F9C
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -18.47, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 23.01, 216.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0632 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.074 211)
XYZ	xyz(18.4933, 23.4213, 34.9922)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F9C #9C5548

analogous

#489C7F #488F9C #48659C

triadic

#488F9C #9C488F #8F9C48

tetradic

#488F9C #7F489C #9C5548 #659C48

square

#488F9C #7F489C #9C5548 #659C48

split-complementary

#488F9C #9C4865 #9C7F48

monochromatic

#214248 #356972 #488F9C #68ADB9 #92C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#488F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F9C

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F9C	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	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)

#848B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.074 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0b9',
    500: '#488f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f9c;
$custom-light: #82b0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60924,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F9C

secondary

#B88F87

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F9C

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

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