#488BA5#488BA5

#488BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.079 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BA5
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -13.60, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 24.38, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0548 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.079 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6940, 22.5579, 38.9590)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BA5 #A56248

analogous

#48A591 #488BA5 #485DA5

triadic

#488BA5 #A5488B #8BA548

tetradic

#488BA5 #9148A5 #A56248 #5DA548

square

#488BA5 #9148A5 #A56248 #5DA548

split-complementary

#488BA5 #A5485D #A59148

monochromatic

#234350 #35677A #488BA5 #6CA7BF #96C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#488BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#488BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BA5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BA5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.079 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adbf',
    500: '#488ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ba5;
$custom-light: #83adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60321,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BA5

secondary

#BD998C

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BA5

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

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