#488BBA#488BBA

#488BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BBA
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -6.91, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 31.70, 257.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0472 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.099 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7647, 23.3861, 49.8645)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BBA #BA7748

analogous

#48BAB0 #488BBA #4852BA

triadic

#488BBA #BA488B #8BBA48

tetradic

#488BBA #B048BA #BA7748 #52BA48

square

#488BBA #B048BA #BA7748 #52BA48

split-complementary

#488BBA #BA4852 #BAB048

monochromatic

#254962 #366A8F #488BBA #74A7CB #A1C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#488BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#488BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BBA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BBA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85accf',
    500: '#488bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bba;
$custom-light: #85accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61281,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BBA

secondary

#C8AA96

accent

#8853D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BBA

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

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