#488CB9#488CB9

#488CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.097 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CB9
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -7.81, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 30.98, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0487 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.097 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8042, 23.6347, 49.3551)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CB9 #B97548

analogous

#48B9AE #488CB9 #4853B9

triadic

#488CB9 #B9488C #8CB948

tetradic

#488CB9 #AE48B9 #B97548 #53B948

square

#488CB9 #AE48B9 #B97548 #53B948

split-complementary

#488CB9 #B94853 #B9AE48

monochromatic

#254961 #366B8E #488CB9 #74A8CA #A1C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#488CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CB9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CB9	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.097 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adce',
    500: '#488cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cb9;
$custom-light: #85adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.894,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CB9

secondary

#C8A995

accent

#8753D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CB9

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

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