#488497#488497

#488497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.069 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488497
RGBrgb(72, 132, 151)
HSLhsl(194, 35%, 44%)
HSVhsv(194, 52%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(52.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LABlab(51.97, -13.99, -16.18)
CIE-LCHlch(51.97, 21.39, 229.17°)
OKLaboklab(58.03% -0.0521 -0.0448)
OKLCHoklch(58.03% 0.069 220.7)
XYZxyz(16.5075, 20.1132, 32.2845)
Luminance0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488497 #975B48
analogous
#489782 #488497 #485C97
triadic
#488497 #974884 #849748
tetradic
#488497 #824897 #975B48 #5C9748
square
#488497 #824897 #975B48 #5C9748
split-complementary
#488497 #97485C #978248
monochromatic
#203C44 #34606E #488497 #66A3B6 #90BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18
#488497 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02
#488497 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488497
5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488497#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4884971.004.185.025.02
#FFFFFF4.181.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0221.001.001.00
##0000005.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#788198
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D7897
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#178A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.069 220.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b5',
    500: '#488497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488497;
$custom-light: #81a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58034,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488497
secondary
#B69185
accent
#775CCB
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0B0F11
muted
#7C7F80

Preview Lab

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#488497 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva