#488AB7#488AB7

#488AB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.096 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB7
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -7.32, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 30.77, 256.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% -0.0472 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.096 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3050, 22.9716, 48.1545)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB7 #B77548

analogous

#48B7AC #488AB7 #4853B7

triadic

#488AB7 #B7488A #8AB748

tetradic

#488AB7 #AC48B7 #B77548 #53B748

square

#488AB7 #AC48B7 #B77548 #53B748

split-complementary

#488AB7 #B74853 #B7AC48

monochromatic

#25485F #37698B #488AB7 #74A6C8 #A0C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#488AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB7	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.096 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accc',
    500: '#488ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab7;
$custom-light: #85accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60903,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB7

secondary

#C6A995

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB7

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

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