#488AAA#488AAA

#488AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.083 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AAA
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(200, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -11.48, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 25.95, 243.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0518 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.083 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0139, 22.4552, 41.3547)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AAA #AA6848

analogous

#48AA99 #488AAA #4859AA

triadic

#488AAA #AA488A #8AAA48

tetradic

#488AAA #9948AA #AA6848 #59AA48

square

#488AAA #9948AA #AA6848 #59AA48

split-complementary

#488AAA #AA4859 #AA9948

monochromatic

#244454 #36677F #488AAA #6EA6C1 #99C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#488AAA on #FFFFFF

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On black

5.49

#488AAA on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #488AAA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AAA	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.083 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc3',
    500: '#488aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aaa;
$custom-light: #83acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.603,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AAA

secondary

#C09E8E

accent

#7F57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AAA

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

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