#488CA7#488CA7

#488CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.080 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA7
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -13.53, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 24.82, 236.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0552 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.08 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0229, 22.9222, 39.9737)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA7 #A76348

analogous

#48A793 #488CA7 #485CA7

triadic

#488CA7 #A7488C #8CA748

tetradic

#488CA7 #9348A7 #A76348 #5CA748

square

#488CA7 #9348A7 #A76348 #5CA748

split-complementary

#488CA7 #A7485C #A79348

monochromatic

#234451 #36687C #488CA7 #6CA8C0 #97C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#488CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#488CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA7

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA7	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7D89A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.080 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc1',
    500: '#488ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca7;
$custom-light: #83adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.053,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60648,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA7

secondary

#BE9B8C

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA7

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

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