#488ABB#488ABB

#488ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.101 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ABB
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -6.01, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 32.46, 259.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0458 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.101 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7273, 23.1405, 50.3783)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ABB #BB7948

analogous

#48BBB2 #488ABB #4850BB

triadic

#488ABB #BB488A #8ABB48

tetradic

#488ABB #B248BB #BB7948 #50BB48

square

#488ABB #B248BB #BB7948 #50BB48

split-complementary

#488ABB #BB4850 #BBB248

monochromatic

#254964 #366A90 #488ABB #75A7CC #A1C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#488ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ABB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ABB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.101 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accf',
    500: '#488abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488abb;
$custom-light: #85accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61097,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ABB

secondary

#C9AC96

accent

#8A52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ABB

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

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