#488D9D#488D9D

#488D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.074 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D9D
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -17.11, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 22.86, 221.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0604 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.074 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2808, 22.8601, 35.3408)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D9D #9D5848

analogous

#489D82 #488D9D #48639D

triadic

#488D9D #9D488D #8D9D48

tetradic

#488D9D #82489D #9D5848 #639D48

square

#488D9D #82489D #9D5848 #639D48

split-complementary

#488D9D #9D4863 #9D8248

monochromatic

#224249 #356773 #488D9D #68ABBA #92C2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#488D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#488D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D9D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D9D	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)

#81899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.074 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeba',
    500: '#488d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d9d;
$custom-light: #82aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60475,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D9D

secondary

#B99188

accent

#705BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D9D

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

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