#488CA0#488CA0

#488CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.075 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA0
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -15.67, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 23.25, 227.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.058 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.075 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3933, 22.6703, 36.6574)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA0 #A05C48

analogous

#48A088 #488CA0 #4860A0

triadic

#488CA0 #A0488C #8CA048

tetradic

#488CA0 #8848A0 #A05C48 #60A048

square

#488CA0 #8848A0 #A05C48 #60A048

split-complementary

#488CA0 #A04860 #A08848

monochromatic

#22424C #356776 #488CA0 #69A9BC #94C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#488CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA0

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA0	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.075 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbc',
    500: '#488ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca0;
$custom-light: #82adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA0

secondary

#BB9489

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA0

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

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