#488BAE#488BAE

#488BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.086 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BAE
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -10.78, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 27.10, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0514 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.086 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5422, 22.8971, 43.4259)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BAE #AE6B48

analogous

#48AE9E #488BAE #4858AE

triadic

#488BAE #AE488B #8BAE48

tetradic

#488BAE #9E48AE #AE6B48 #58AE48

square

#488BAE #9E48AE #AE6B48 #58AE48

split-complementary

#488BAE #AE4858 #AE9E48

monochromatic

#244657 #366883 #488BAE #70A7C4 #9BC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#488BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#488BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BAE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.086 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acc6',
    500: '#488bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bae;
$custom-light: #84acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60718,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BAE

secondary

#C2A190

accent

#8157D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BAE

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

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