#488BA4#488BA4

#488BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.078 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BA4
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -13.90, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 24.13, 234.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0552 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.078 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6034, 22.5216, 38.4815)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BA4 #A46148

analogous

#48A48F #488BA4 #485DA4

triadic

#488BA4 #A4488B #8BA448

tetradic

#488BA4 #8F48A4 #A46148 #5DA448

square

#488BA4 #8F48A4 #A46148 #5DA448

split-complementary

#488BA4 #A4485D #A48F48

monochromatic

#23434F #356779 #488BA4 #6BA8BE #96C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#488BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BA4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BA4	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	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)

#7D88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.078 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adbf',
    500: '#488ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ba4;
$custom-light: #83adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60278,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BA4

secondary

#BD998B

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BA4

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

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