#488F9D#488F9D

#488F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.074 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F9D
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -18.18, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 23.09, 218.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0627 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.074 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5784, 23.4553, 35.4400)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F9D #9D5648

analogous

#489D80 #488F9D #48659D

triadic

#488F9D #9D488F #8F9D48

tetradic

#488F9D #80489D #9D5648 #659D48

square

#488F9D #80489D #9D5648 #659D48

split-complementary

#488F9D #9D4865 #9D8048

monochromatic

#224349 #356973 #488F9D #68ACBA #92C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#488F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F9D

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F9D	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.074 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0ba',
    500: '#488f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f9d;
$custom-light: #82b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.882,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F9D

secondary

#B99088

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F9D

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

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