#488CA9#488CA9

#488CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.082 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CA9
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -12.91, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 25.37, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0545 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.082 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2093, 22.9967, 40.9549)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CA9 #A96548

analogous

#48A996 #488CA9 #485CA9

triadic

#488CA9 #A9488C #8CA948

tetradic

#488CA9 #9648A9 #A96548 #5CA948

square

#488CA9 #9648A9 #A96548 #5CA948

split-complementary

#488CA9 #A9485C #A99648

monochromatic

#234553 #36687E #488CA9 #6DA8C1 #98C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CA9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CA9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.082 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc2',
    500: '#488ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ca9;
$custom-light: #83adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.938,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60734,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CA9

secondary

#BF9C8D

accent

#7C58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CA9

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

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