#488CB7#488CB7

#488CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.095 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB7
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -8.46, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 30.18, 253.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0494 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.095 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5946, 23.5508, 48.2510)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB7 #B77348

analogous

#48B7AA #488CB7 #4855B7

triadic

#488CB7 #B7488C #8CB748

tetradic

#488CB7 #AA48B7 #B77348 #55B748

square

#488CB7 #AA48B7 #B77348 #55B748

split-complementary

#488CB7 #B74855 #B7AA48

monochromatic

#25495F #376A8B #488CB7 #74A8C8 #A0C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB7

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB7	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.095 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcc',
    500: '#488cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb7;
$custom-light: #85adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.243,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61372,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB7

secondary

#C6A895

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB7

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

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