#488DA1#488DA1

#488DA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.076 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA1
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -15.91, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 23.46, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0588 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.076 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6279, 22.9990, 37.1689)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA1 #A15C48

analogous

#48A188 #488DA1 #4860A1

triadic

#488DA1 #A1488D #8DA148

tetradic

#488DA1 #8848A1 #A15C48 #60A148

square

#488DA1 #8848A1 #A15C48 #60A148

split-complementary

#488DA1 #A14860 #A18848

monochromatic

#22434C #356877 #488DA1 #6AAABC #94C2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#488DA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#488DA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.076 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aebc',
    500: '#488da1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da1;
$custom-light: #82aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60637,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA1

secondary

#BB958A

accent

#745ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA1

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

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