#488AA9#488AA9

#488AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.082 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AA9
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -11.80, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 25.64, 242.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0522 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.082 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9197, 22.4175, 40.8584)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AA9 #A96748

analogous

#48A997 #488AA9 #485AA9

triadic

#488AA9 #A9488A #8AA948

tetradic

#488AA9 #9748A9 #A96748 #5AA948

square

#488AA9 #9748A9 #A96748 #5AA948

split-complementary

#488AA9 #A9485A #A99748

monochromatic

#234453 #36677E #488AA9 #6DA6C1 #98C0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AA9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AA9	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.082 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc2',
    500: '#488aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aa9;
$custom-light: #83acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60255,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AA9

secondary

#BF9D8D

accent

#7E58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AA9

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

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