#488CB1#488CB1

#488CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.089 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB1
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -10.39, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 27.93, 248.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0515 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.089 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9834, 23.3063, 45.0319)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB1 #B16D48

analogous

#48B1A2 #488CB1 #4858B1

triadic

#488CB1 #B1488C #8CB148

tetradic

#488CB1 #A248B1 #B16D48 #58B148

square

#488CB1 #A248B1 #B16D48 #58B148

split-complementary

#488CB1 #B14858 #B1A248

monochromatic

#25475A #366A85 #488CB1 #71A8C5 #9CC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#488CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#488CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB1

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB1	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.089 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adc8',
    500: '#488cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb1;
$custom-light: #84adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB1

secondary

#C3A391

accent

#8256D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB1

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

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