#488AB4#488AB4

#488AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.093 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB4
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -8.29, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 29.56, 253.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0482 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.093 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9961, 22.8481, 46.5275)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB4 #B47248

analogous

#48B4A8 #488AB4 #4854B4

triadic

#488AB4 #B4488A #8AB448

tetradic

#488AB4 #A848B4 #B47248 #54B448

square

#488AB4 #A848B4 #B47248 #54B448

split-complementary

#488AB4 #B44854 #B4A848

monochromatic

#25475D #376888 #488AB4 #72A6C7 #9EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.093 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acca',
    500: '#488ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab4;
$custom-light: #84acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB4

secondary

#C5A693

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB4

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

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