#488BA7#488BA7

#488BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.080 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BA7
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -12.98, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 24.92, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0541 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.08 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8775, 22.6312, 39.9252)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BA7 #A76448

analogous

#48A794 #488BA7 #485CA7

triadic

#488BA7 #A7488B #8BA748

tetradic

#488BA7 #9448A7 #A76448 #5CA748

square

#488BA7 #9448A7 #A76448 #5CA748

split-complementary

#488BA7 #A7485C #A79448

monochromatic

#234451 #36677C #488BA7 #6CA7C0 #97C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#488BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#488BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BA7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BA7	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.080 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc1',
    500: '#488ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ba7;
$custom-light: #83adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.684,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60407,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BA7

secondary

#BE9B8C

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BA7

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

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