#488B99#488B99

#488B99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.071 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B99
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -17.21, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 22.18, 219.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0597 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.071 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6526, 22.1413, 33.4743)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488B99 #995648

analogous

#48997F #488B99 #486399

triadic

#488B99 #99488B #8B9948

tetradic

#488B99 #7F4899 #995648 #639948

square

#488B99 #7F4899 #995648 #639948

split-complementary

#488B99 #994863 #997F48

monochromatic

#213F46 #34656F #488B99 #67A9B7 #90C1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#488B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#488B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B99

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B99	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.071 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adb7',
    500: '#488b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b99;
$custom-light: #81adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.37,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59827,
    "c": 0.07112,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B99

secondary

#B78E86

accent

#6F5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B99

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

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