#488BB9#488BB9

#488BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.098 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BB9
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -7.24, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 31.29, 256.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0476 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.098 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6588, 23.3438, 49.3066)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BB9 #B97648

analogous

#48B9AF #488BB9 #4852B9

triadic

#488BB9 #B9488B #8BB948

tetradic

#488BB9 #AF48B9 #B97648 #52B948

square

#488BB9 #AF48B9 #B97648 #52B948

split-complementary

#488BB9 #B94852 #B9AF48

monochromatic

#254961 #366A8E #488BB9 #74A7CA #A1C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#488BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#488BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BB9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BB9	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.098 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acce',
    500: '#488bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bb9;
$custom-light: #85acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.425,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61233,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BB9

secondary

#C8AA95

accent

#8853D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BB9

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

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