#488AA5#488AA5

#488AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.079 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA5
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -13.04, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 24.47, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0537 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.079 227)
XYZ	xyz(18.5499, 22.2696, 38.9109)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA5 #A56348

analogous

#48A592 #488AA5 #485CA5

triadic

#488AA5 #A5488A #8AA548

tetradic

#488AA5 #9248A5 #A56348 #5CA548

square

#488AA5 #9248A5 #A56348 #5CA548

split-complementary

#488AA5 #A5485C #A59248

monochromatic

#234350 #35667A #488AA5 #6CA7BF #96C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#488AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#488AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA5

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA5	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.079 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acbf',
    500: '#488aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa5;
$custom-light: #83acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6008,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.22271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA5

secondary

#BD9A8C

accent

#7B59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA5

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

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