#488AB9#488AB9

#488AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.098 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AB9
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -6.67, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 31.61, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0465 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.098 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5146, 23.0555, 49.2586)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AB9 #B97748

analogous

#48B9B0 #488AB9 #4851B9

triadic

#488AB9 #B9488A #8AB948

tetradic

#488AB9 #B048B9 #B97748 #51B948

square

#488AB9 #B048B9 #B97748 #51B948

split-complementary

#488AB9 #B94851 #B9B048

monochromatic

#254861 #36698E #488AB9 #74A6CA #A1C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#488AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AB9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AB9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.098 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acce',
    500: '#488ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ab9;
$custom-light: #85acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60999,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AB9

secondary

#C8AA95

accent

#8953D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AB9

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

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