#488CA4#488CA4

#488CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.078 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA4
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -14.45, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 24.08, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0564 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.078 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7488, 22.8125, 38.5300)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA4 #A46048

analogous

#48A48E #488CA4 #485EA4

triadic

#488CA4 #A4488C #8CA448

tetradic

#488CA4 #8E48A4 #A46048 #5EA448

square

#488CA4 #8E48A4 #A46048 #5EA448

split-complementary

#488CA4 #A4485E #A48E48

monochromatic

#23434F #356879 #488CA4 #6BA8BE #96C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#488CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#488CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA4	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)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.078 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adbf',
    500: '#488ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca4;
$custom-light: #83adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6052,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA4

secondary

#BD988B

accent

#7859CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA4

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

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