#488AA2#488AA2

#488AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.076 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA2
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -13.96, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 23.70, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0549 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.076 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2801, 22.1617, 37.4897)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA2 #A26048

analogous

#48A28D #488AA2 #485DA2

triadic

#488AA2 #A2488A #8AA248

tetradic

#488AA2 #8D48A2 #A26048 #5DA248

square

#488AA2 #8D48A2 #A26048 #5DA248

split-complementary

#488AA2 #A2485D #A28D48

monochromatic

#22424D #356678 #488AA2 #6AA7BD #95C0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#488AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA2

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA2	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.076 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acbd',
    500: '#488aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa2;
$custom-light: #82acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59952,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA2

secondary

#BC978A

accent

#7959CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA2

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

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