#488BB4#488BB4

#488BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.092 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB4
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -8.86, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 29.29, 252.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0493 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.092 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1402, 23.1363, 46.5755)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB4 #B47148

analogous

#48B4A7 #488BB4 #4855B4

triadic

#488BB4 #B4488B #8BB448

tetradic

#488BB4 #A748B4 #B47148 #55B448

square

#488BB4 #A748B4 #B47148 #55B448

split-complementary

#488BB4 #B44855 #B4A748

monochromatic

#25475D #376988 #488BB4 #72A7C7 #9EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#488BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB4

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB4	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.092 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acca',
    500: '#488bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb4;
$custom-light: #84acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60995,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB4

secondary

#C5A693

accent

#8555D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB4

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

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