#488398#488398

#488398 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.069 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488398
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 152)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -13.13, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 21.62, 232.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0505 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.069 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4541, 19.8759, 32.6690)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488398 #985D48

analogous

#489885 #488398 #485B98

triadic

#488398 #984883 #839848

tetradic

#488398 #854898 #985D48 #5B9848

square

#488398 #854898 #985D48 #5B9848

split-complementary

#488398 #98485B #988548

monochromatic

#213B45 #345F6E #488398 #66A2B7 #90BBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#488398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#488398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488398

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488398	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.069 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b6',
    500: '#488398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488398;
$custom-light: #81a7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57833,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488398

secondary

#B69286

accent

#795CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488398

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

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