#488BB7#488BB7

#488BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.096 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB7
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -7.89, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 30.47, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0483 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.096 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4491, 23.2599, 48.2025)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB7 #B77448

analogous

#48B7AB #488BB7 #4854B7

triadic

#488BB7 #B7488B #8BB748

tetradic

#488BB7 #AB48B7 #B77448 #54B748

square

#488BB7 #AB48B7 #B77448 #54B748

split-complementary

#488BB7 #B74854 #B7AB48

monochromatic

#25485F #376A8B #488BB7 #74A7C8 #A0C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#488BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#488BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.096 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accc',
    500: '#488bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb7;
$custom-light: #85accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.784,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61137,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB7

secondary

#C6A895

accent

#8755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB7

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

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