#488AB3#488AB3

#488AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.092 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB3
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -8.62, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 29.17, 252.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0485 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.092 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8946, 22.8075, 45.9929)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB3 #B37148

analogous

#48B3A7 #488AB3 #4855B3

triadic

#488AB3 #B3488A #8AB348

tetradic

#488AB3 #A748B3 #B37148 #55B348

square

#488AB3 #A748B3 #B37148 #55B348

split-complementary

#488AB3 #B34855 #B3A748

monochromatic

#25475C #366887 #488AB3 #72A6C6 #9EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#488AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB3	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.092 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acca',
    500: '#488ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab3;
$custom-light: #84acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.991,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60712,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB3

secondary

#C4A692

accent

#8555D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB3

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

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