#488CA8#488CA8

#488CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.081 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA8
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.22, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 25.09, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0548 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.081 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1157, 22.9593, 40.4624)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA8 #A86448

analogous

#48A894 #488CA8 #485CA8

triadic

#488CA8 #A8488C #8CA848

tetradic

#488CA8 #9448A8 #A86448 #5CA848

square

#488CA8 #9448A8 #A86448 #5CA848

split-complementary

#488CA8 #A8485C #A89448

monochromatic

#234552 #36687D #488CA8 #6DA8C0 #98C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#488CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#488CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.081 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc2',
    500: '#488ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca8;
$custom-light: #83adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60691,
    "c": 0.08079,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA8

secondary

#BF9C8D

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA8

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

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