#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
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -16.97, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 21.95, 219.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0589 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.07 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4263, 21.8201, 32.9931)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##488A98	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #488A98

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

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