#488BAD#488BAD

#488BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.085 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BAD
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -11.10, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 26.76, 245.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0518 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.085 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4451, 22.8583, 42.9144)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BAD #AD6A48

analogous

#48AD9C #488BAD #4859AD

triadic

#488BAD #AD488B #8BAD48

tetradic

#488BAD #9C48AD #AD6A48 #59AD48

square

#488BAD #9C48AD #AD6A48 #59AD48

split-complementary

#488BAD #AD4859 #AD9C48

monochromatic

#244657 #366882 #488BAD #6FA7C3 #9AC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BAD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BAD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.085 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acc5',
    500: '#488bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bad;
$custom-light: #84acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60673,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BAD

secondary

#C1A08F

accent

#8057D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BAD

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

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