#488CA1#488CA1

#488CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.076 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA1
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -15.37, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 23.44, 229.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0576 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.076 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4811, 22.7054, 37.1200)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA1 #A15D48

analogous

#48A189 #488CA1 #4860A1

triadic

#488CA1 #A1488C #8CA148

tetradic

#488CA1 #8948A1 #A15D48 #60A148

square

#488CA1 #8948A1 #A15D48 #60A148

split-complementary

#488CA1 #A14860 #A18948

monochromatic

#22424C #356777 #488CA1 #6AA9BC #94C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#488CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#488CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA1

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA1	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.076 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbc',
    500: '#488ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca1;
$custom-light: #82adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60394,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA1

secondary

#BB958A

accent

#755ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA1

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

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