#488AA4#488AA4

#488AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.078 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA4
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -13.35, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 24.20, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0541 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.078 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4592, 22.2333, 38.4334)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA4 #A46248

analogous

#48A490 #488AA4 #485CA4

triadic

#488AA4 #A4488A #8AA448

tetradic

#488AA4 #9048A4 #A46248 #5CA448

square

#488AA4 #9048A4 #A46248 #5CA448

split-complementary

#488AA4 #A4485C #A49048

monochromatic

#23424F #356679 #488AA4 #6BA7BE #96C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#488AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#488AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA4	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.078 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acbf',
    500: '#488aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa4;
$custom-light: #82acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60037,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA4

secondary

#BD998B

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA4

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

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