#488CB6#488CB6

#488CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.094 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB6
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -8.78, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 29.79, 252.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0497 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.094 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4909, 23.5093, 47.7048)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB6 #B67248

analogous

#48B6A9 #488CB6 #4855B6

triadic

#488CB6 #B6488C #8CB648

tetradic

#488CB6 #A948B6 #B67248 #55B648

square

#488CB6 #A948B6 #B67248 #55B648

split-complementary

#488CB6 #B64855 #B6A948

monochromatic

#25495E #376A8A #488CB6 #73A8C8 #9FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB6

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB6	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.094 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcc',
    500: '#488cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb6;
$custom-light: #85adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61324,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB6

secondary

#C6A794

accent

#8555D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB6

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

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