#488BA3#488BA3

#488BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.077 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BA3
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -14.21, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 23.89, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0556 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.077 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5134, 22.4856, 38.0078)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BA3 #A36048

analogous

#48A38D #488BA3 #485DA3

triadic

#488BA3 #A3488B #8BA348

tetradic

#488BA3 #8D48A3 #A36048 #5DA348

square

#488BA3 #8D48A3 #A36048 #5DA348

split-complementary

#488BA3 #A3485D #A38D48

monochromatic

#22434E #356779 #488BA3 #6BA8BD #95C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#488BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#488BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BA3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BA3	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.077 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbe',
    500: '#488ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ba3;
$custom-light: #82adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60236,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BA3

secondary

#BC988B

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BA3

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

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