#488BB6#488BB6

#488BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.095 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB6
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -8.22, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 30.07, 254.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0486 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.095 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3454, 23.2184, 47.6563)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB6 #B67348

analogous

#48B6AA #488BB6 #4854B6

triadic

#488BB6 #B6488B #8BB648

tetradic

#488BB6 #AA48B6 #B67348 #54B648

square

#488BB6 #AA48B6 #B67348 #54B648

split-complementary

#488BB6 #B64854 #B6AA48

monochromatic

#25485E #376A8A #488BB6 #73A7C8 #9FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#488BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#488BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#778BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.095 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accc',
    500: '#488bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb6;
$custom-light: #85accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.455,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB6

secondary

#C6A794

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB6

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

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