#488BB8#488BB8

#488BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.097 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB8
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -7.57, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 30.88, 255.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0479 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.097 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5536, 23.3017, 48.7526)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB8 #B87548

analogous

#48B8AD #488BB8 #4853B8

triadic

#488BB8 #B8488B #8BB848

tetradic

#488BB8 #AD48B8 #B87548 #53B848

square

#488BB8 #AD48B8 #B87548 #53B848

split-complementary

#488BB8 #B84853 #B8AD48

monochromatic

#254960 #366A8C #488BB8 #74A7C9 #A0C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#488BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#488BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.097 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accd',
    500: '#488bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb8;
$custom-light: #85accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.107,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61185,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB8

secondary

#C7A995

accent

#8754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB8

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

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