#488AAC#488AAC

#488AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.085 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AAC
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(200, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -10.85, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 26.61, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.051 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.085 233)
XYZ	xyz(19.2045, 22.5315, 42.3587)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AAC #AC6A48

analogous

#48AC9C #488AAC #4858AC

triadic

#488AAC #AC488A #8AAC48

tetradic

#488AAC #9C48AC #AC6A48 #58AC48

square

#488AAC #9C48AC #AC6A48 #58AC48

split-complementary

#488AAC #AC4858 #AC9C48

monochromatic

#244556 #366781 #488AAC #6FA6C3 #9AC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#488AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AAC

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AAC	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.085 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acc4',
    500: '#488aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aac;
$custom-light: #83acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60389,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.22533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AAC

secondary

#C1A08F

accent

#8057D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AAC

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

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