#488A98#488A98

#488A98 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.070 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488A98
RGBrgb(72, 138, 152)
HSLhsl(191, 36%, 44%)
HSVhsv(191, 53%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LABlab(53.84, -16.97, -13.93)
CIE-LCHlch(53.84, 21.95, 219.38°)
OKLaboklab(59.54% -0.0589 -0.0385)
OKLCHoklch(59.54% 0.07 213.2)
XYZxyz(17.4263, 21.8201, 32.9931)
Luminance0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488A98 #985648
analogous
#48987E #488A98 #486298
triadic
#488A98 #98488A #8A9848
tetradic
#488A98 #7E4898 #985648 #629848
square
#488A98 #7E4898 #985648 #629848
split-complementary
#488A98 #984862 #987E48
monochromatic
#213F45 #34646E #488A98 #66A9B7 #90C0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91
#488A98 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36
#488A98 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488A98
5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488A98#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488A981.003.915.365.36
#FFFFFF3.911.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3621.001.001.00
##0000005.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F8699
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#737D98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#11908E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.070 213.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acb6',
    500: '#488a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488a98;
$custom-light: #81acb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488A98
secondary
#B68E86
accent
#705CCC
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1011
muted
#7C7F80

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#488A98 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva