#488CB8#488CB8

#488CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.096 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB8
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -8.13, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 30.58, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.049 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.096 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6990, 23.5926, 48.8011)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB8 #B87448

analogous

#48B8AC #488CB8 #4854B8

triadic

#488CB8 #B8488C #8CB848

tetradic

#488CB8 #AC48B8 #B87448 #54B848

square

#488CB8 #AC48B8 #B87448 #54B848

split-complementary

#488CB8 #B84854 #B8AC48

monochromatic

#254960 #366B8C #488CB8 #74A8C9 #A0C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#488CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.096 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcd',
    500: '#488cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb8;
$custom-light: #85adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61419,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB8

secondary

#C7A995

accent

#8654D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB8

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

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