#488CA5#488CA5

#488CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.078 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA5
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -14.15, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 24.31, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.056 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.078 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8395, 22.8488, 39.0075)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA5 #A56148

analogous

#48A590 #488CA5 #485EA5

triadic

#488CA5 #A5488C #8CA548

tetradic

#488CA5 #9048A5 #A56148 #5EA548

square

#488CA5 #9048A5 #A56148 #5EA548

split-complementary

#488CA5 #A5485E #A59048

monochromatic

#234450 #35687A #488CA5 #6CA8BF #96C1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.078 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adbf',
    500: '#488ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca5;
$custom-light: #83adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60562,
    "c": 0.07846,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA5

secondary

#BD998C

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA5

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

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