#488CAD#488CAD

#488CAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.085 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CAD
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -11.66, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 26.58, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0529 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.085 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5905, 23.1492, 42.9629)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CAD #AD6948

analogous

#48AD9B #488CAD #4859AD

triadic

#488CAD #AD488C #8CAD48

tetradic

#488CAD #9B48AD #AD6948 #59AD48

square

#488CAD #9B48AD #AD6948 #59AD48

split-complementary

#488CAD #AD4859 #AD9B48

monochromatic

#244657 #366982 #488CAD #6FA8C3 #9AC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#488CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CAD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CAD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.085 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adc5',
    500: '#488cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cad;
$custom-light: #84adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60911,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CAD

secondary

#C1A08F

accent

#7F57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CAD

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

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