#488CAA#488CAA

#488CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.082 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CAA
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -12.60, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 25.66, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0541 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.082 229)
XYZ	xyz(19.3035, 23.0344, 41.4512)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CAA #AA6648

analogous

#48AA97 #488CAA #485BAA

triadic

#488CAA #AA488C #8CAA48

tetradic

#488CAA #9748AA #AA6648 #5BAA48

square

#488CAA #9748AA #AA6648 #5BAA48

split-complementary

#488CAA #AA485B #AA9748

monochromatic

#244554 #36697F #488CAA #6EA8C1 #99C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#488CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CAA

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CAA	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.082 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc3',
    500: '#488caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488caa;
$custom-light: #83adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.23036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CAA

secondary

#C09D8E

accent

#7C57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CAA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →