#488CAB#488CAB

#488CAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.083 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CAB
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 171)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -12.28, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 25.96, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0537 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.083 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3984, 23.0724, 41.9513)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CAB #AB6748

analogous

#48AB99 #488CAB #485AAB

triadic

#488CAB #AB488C #8CAB48

tetradic

#488CAB #9948AB #AB6748 #5AAB48

square

#488CAB #9948AB #AB6748 #5AAB48

split-complementary

#488CAB #AB485A #AB9948

monochromatic

#244555 #366980 #488CAB #6EA8C2 #99C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#488CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CAB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CAB	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.083 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adc4',
    500: '#488cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cab;
$custom-light: #83adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.788,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60822,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CAB

secondary

#C09E8E

accent

#7D57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CAB

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

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