#488AB6#488AB6

#488AB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.095 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB6
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -7.65, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 30.36, 255.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0475 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.095 240)
XYZ	xyz(20.2013, 22.9302, 47.6083)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB6 #B67448

analogous

#48B6AB #488AB6 #4853B6

triadic

#488AB6 #B6488A #8AB648

tetradic

#488AB6 #AB48B6 #B67448 #53B648

square

#488AB6 #AB48B6 #B67448 #53B648

split-complementary

#488AB6 #B64853 #B6AB48

monochromatic

#25475E #37698A #488AB6 #73A6C8 #9FC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#488AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#488AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.095 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accc',
    500: '#488ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab6;
$custom-light: #85accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.22932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB6

secondary

#C6A894

accent

#8755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB6

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

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