#488CAC#488CAC

#488CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.084 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CAC
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -11.97, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 26.26, 242.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0533 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.084 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4941, 23.1106, 42.4552)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CAC #AC6848

analogous

#48AC9A #488CAC #485AAC

triadic

#488CAC #AC488C #8CAC48

tetradic

#488CAC #9A48AC #AC6848 #5AAC48

square

#488CAC #9A48AC #AC6848 #5AAC48

split-complementary

#488CAC #AC485A #AC9A48

monochromatic

#244656 #366981 #488CAC #6FA8C3 #9AC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#488CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CAC

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CAC	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.084 230.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60866,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CAC

secondary

#C19F8F

accent

#7E57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CAC

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

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