#488CB5#488CB5

#488CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.093 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB5
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -9.11, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 29.41, 251.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0501 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.093 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3879, 23.4681, 47.1625)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB5 #B57148

analogous

#48B5A8 #488CB5 #4855B5

triadic

#488CB5 #B5488C #8CB548

tetradic

#488CB5 #A848B5 #B57148 #55B548

square

#488CB5 #A848B5 #B57148 #55B548

split-complementary

#488CB5 #B54855 #B5A848

monochromatic

#25485D #376A89 #488CB5 #73A8C7 #9FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#488CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB5

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB5	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)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.093 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adcb',
    500: '#488cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb5;
$custom-light: #84adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.569,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61277,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB5

secondary

#C5A693

accent

#8455D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB5

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

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