#488AA6#488AA6

#488AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.080 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA6
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(198, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -12.73, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 24.74, 239.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0533 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.08 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6413, 22.3062, 39.3921)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA6 #A66448

analogous

#48A693 #488AA6 #485BA6

triadic

#488AA6 #A6488A #8AA648

tetradic

#488AA6 #9348A6 #A66448 #5BA648

square

#488AA6 #9348A6 #A66448 #5BA648

split-complementary

#488AA6 #A6485B #A69348

monochromatic

#234351 #35677B #488AA6 #6CA6BF #97C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#488AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#488AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA6

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA6	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.080 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc0',
    500: '#488aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa6;
$custom-light: #83acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60124,
    "c": 0.07954,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA6

secondary

#BE9B8C

accent

#7C58CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA6

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

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