#488CA3#488CA3

#488CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.077 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA3
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -14.76, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 23.85, 231.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0568 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.077 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6589, 22.7765, 38.0562)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA3 #A35F48

analogous

#48A38C #488CA3 #485EA3

triadic

#488CA3 #A3488C #8CA348

tetradic

#488CA3 #8C48A3 #A35F48 #5EA348

square

#488CA3 #8C48A3 #A35F48 #5EA348

split-complementary

#488CA3 #A3485E #A38C48

monochromatic

#22434E #356879 #488CA3 #6BA9BD #95C1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#488CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA3	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.077 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82adbe',
    500: '#488ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca3;
$custom-light: #82adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.165,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60478,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA3

secondary

#BC978B

accent

#7759CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA3

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

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