#488BB5#488BB5

#488BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.093 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB5
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -8.54, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 29.68, 253.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.049 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.093 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2425, 23.1772, 47.1140)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB5 #B57248

analogous

#48B5A9 #488BB5 #4855B5

triadic

#488BB5 #B5488B #8BB548

tetradic

#488BB5 #A948B5 #B57248 #55B548

square

#488BB5 #A948B5 #B57248 #55B548

split-complementary

#488BB5 #B54855 #B5A948

monochromatic

#25485D #376989 #488BB5 #73A7C7 #9FC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#488BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB5	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.093 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84accb',
    500: '#488bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb5;
$custom-light: #84accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.119,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB5

secondary

#C5A793

accent

#8555D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB5

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

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