#488BB3#488BB3

#488BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.091 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB3
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -9.18, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 28.90, 251.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0497 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.091 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0387, 23.0957, 46.0410)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB3 #B37048

analogous

#48B3A6 #488BB3 #4856B3

triadic

#488BB3 #B3488B #8BB348

tetradic

#488BB3 #A648B3 #B37048 #56B348

square

#488BB3 #A648B3 #B37048 #56B348

split-complementary

#488BB3 #B34856 #B3A648

monochromatic

#25475C #366987 #488BB3 #72A7C6 #9EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#488BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB3

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB3	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.091 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acca',
    500: '#488bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb3;
$custom-light: #84acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.43,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60948,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB3

secondary

#C4A592

accent

#8455D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB3

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

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