#488BB1#488BB1

#488BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.089 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB1
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -9.83, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 28.16, 249.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0504 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.089 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8379, 23.0154, 44.9834)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB1 #B16E48

analogous

#48B1A3 #488BB1 #4857B1

triadic

#488BB1 #B1488B #8BB148

tetradic

#488BB1 #A348B1 #B16E48 #57B148

square

#488BB1 #A348B1 #B16E48 #57B148

split-complementary

#488BB1 #B14857 #B1A348

monochromatic

#25475A #366985 #488BB1 #71A7C5 #9CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.089 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acc8',
    500: '#488bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb1;
$custom-light: #84acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB1

secondary

#C3A491

accent

#8356D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB1

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

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