#488CA6#488CA6

#488CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.079 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA6
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -13.84, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 24.56, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0556 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.079 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9309, 22.8853, 39.4887)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA6 #A66248

analogous

#48A691 #488CA6 #485DA6

triadic

#488CA6 #A6488C #8CA648

tetradic

#488CA6 #9148A6 #A66248 #5DA648

square

#488CA6 #9148A6 #A66248 #5DA648

split-complementary

#488CA6 #A6485D #A69148

monochromatic

#234451 #35687B #488CA6 #6CA8BF #97C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#488CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA6	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.079 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc0',
    500: '#488ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca6;
$custom-light: #83adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60605,
    "c": 0.07921,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA6

secondary

#BE9A8C

accent

#7958CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA6

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

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