#488CBA#488CBA

#488CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.098 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CBA
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -7.48, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 31.39, 256.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% -0.0483 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.098 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9102, 23.6770, 49.9130)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CBA #BA7648

analogous

#48BAAF #488CBA #4853BA

triadic

#488CBA #BA488C #8CBA48

tetradic

#488CBA #AF48BA #BA7648 #53BA48

square

#488CBA #AF48BA #BA7648 #53BA48

split-complementary

#488CBA #BA4853 #BAAF48

monochromatic

#254A62 #366B8F #488CBA #74A8CB #A1C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#488CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#488CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CBA

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CBA	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.098 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcf',
    500: '#488cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cba;
$custom-light: #85adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61515,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CBA

secondary

#C8AA96

accent

#8753D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CBA

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

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