#488AB2#488AB2

#488AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.091 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB2
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -8.94, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 28.78, 251.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0489 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.091 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7938, 22.7672, 45.4622)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB2 #B27048

analogous

#48B2A5 #488AB2 #4855B2

triadic

#488AB2 #B2488A #8AB248

tetradic

#488AB2 #A548B2 #B27048 #55B248

square

#488AB2 #A548B2 #B27048 #55B248

split-complementary

#488AB2 #B24855 #B2A548

monochromatic

#25465B #366886 #488AB2 #71A6C6 #9DC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#488AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB2

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB2	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.091 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acc9',
    500: '#488ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab2;
$custom-light: #84acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.642,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60665,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB2

secondary

#C4A592

accent

#8556D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB2

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

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