#488A99#488A99

#488A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.071 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488A99
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -16.67, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 22.06, 220.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0585 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.071 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5085, 21.8530, 33.4262)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488A99 #995748

analogous

#489980 #488A99 #486299

triadic

#488A99 #99488A #8A9948

tetradic

#488A99 #804899 #995748 #629948

square

#488A99 #804899 #995748 #629948

split-complementary

#488A99 #994862 #998048

monochromatic

#213F46 #34646F #488A99 #67A8B7 #90C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#488A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#488A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488A99

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488A99	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.071 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81acb7',
    500: '#488a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488a99;
$custom-light: #81acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59582,
    "c": 0.07085,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488A99

secondary

#B78F86

accent

#715CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488A99

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

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