#488D9C#488D9C

#488D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.073 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D9C
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -17.40, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 22.74, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0608 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.073 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1958, 22.8261, 34.8930)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D9C #9C5748

analogous

#489C81 #488D9C #48639C

triadic

#488D9C #9C488D #8D9C48

tetradic

#488D9C #81489C #9C5748 #639C48

square

#488D9C #81489C #9C5748 #639C48

split-complementary

#488D9C #9C4863 #9C8148

monochromatic

#214148 #356772 #488D9C #68ABB9 #92C2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D9C

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D9C	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.073 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeb9',
    500: '#488d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d9c;
$custom-light: #82aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60435,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D9C

secondary

#B89087

accent

#6F5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D9C

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

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