#488AB8#488AB8

#488AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.097 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB8
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -6.99, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 31.19, 257.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0468 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.097 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4095, 23.0134, 48.7046)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB8 #B87648

analogous

#48B8AE #488AB8 #4852B8

triadic

#488AB8 #B8488A #8AB848

tetradic

#488AB8 #AE48B8 #B87648 #52B848

square

#488AB8 #AE48B8 #B87648 #52B848

split-complementary

#488AB8 #B84852 #B8AE48

monochromatic

#254860 #36698C #488AB8 #74A6C9 #A0C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.097 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accd',
    500: '#488ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab8;
$custom-light: #85accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60951,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB8

secondary

#C7A995

accent

#8854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB8

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

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