#488DA0#488DA0

#488DA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.075 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA0
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 160)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -16.21, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 23.29, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0592 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.075 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5401, 22.9639, 36.7063)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA0 #A05B48

analogous

#48A087 #488DA0 #4861A0

triadic

#488DA0 #A0488D #8DA048

tetradic

#488DA0 #8748A0 #A05B48 #61A048

square

#488DA0 #8748A0 #A05B48 #61A048

split-complementary

#488DA0 #A04861 #A08748

monochromatic

#22434C #356876 #488DA0 #69AABC #94C2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#488DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA0

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA0	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.075 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aebc',
    500: '#488da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da0;
$custom-light: #82aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.955,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60596,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA0

secondary

#BB9489

accent

#735ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA0

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

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