#488AA7#488AA7

#488AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.080 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA7
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -12.42, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 25.03, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0529 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.08 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7334, 22.3430, 39.8771)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA7 #A76548

analogous

#48A795 #488AA7 #485BA7

triadic

#488AA7 #A7488A #8AA748

tetradic

#488AA7 #9548A7 #A76548 #5BA748

square

#488AA7 #9548A7 #A76548 #5BA748

split-complementary

#488AA7 #A7485B #A79548

monochromatic

#234351 #36677C #488AA7 #6CA6C0 #97C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#488AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#488AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA7

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA7	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.080 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc1',
    500: '#488aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa7;
$custom-light: #83acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.316,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA7

secondary

#BE9C8C

accent

#7D58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA7

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

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