#488CB4#488CB4

#488CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.092 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB4
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -9.43, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 29.03, 251.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0504 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.092 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2857, 23.4272, 46.6240)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB4 #B47048

analogous

#48B4A6 #488CB4 #4856B4

triadic

#488CB4 #B4488C #8CB448

tetradic

#488CB4 #A648B4 #B47048 #56B448

square

#488CB4 #A648B4 #B47048 #56B448

split-complementary

#488CB4 #B44856 #B4A648

monochromatic

#25485D #376A88 #488CB4 #72A8C7 #9EC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#488CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB4	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.092 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adca',
    500: '#488cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb4;
$custom-light: #84adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61231,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB4

secondary

#C5A593

accent

#8455D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB4

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

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