#488594#488594

#488594 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.067 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488594
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 148)
HSL	hsl(192, 35%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -15.43, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 20.93, 222.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0546 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.067 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4033, 20.2895, 31.0631)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488594 #945748

analogous

#48947D #488594 #485F94

triadic

#488594 #944885 #859448

tetradic

#488594 #7D4894 #945748 #5F9448

square

#488594 #7D4894 #945748 #5F9448

split-complementary

#488594 #94485F #947D48

monochromatic

#203B42 #34606B #488594 #65A5B4 #8EBDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#488594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#488594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488594

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488594	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.067 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8b3',
    500: '#488594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488594;
$custom-light: #81a8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58157,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488594

secondary

#B48D84

accent

#735DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488594

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

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