#488DA3#488DA3

#488DA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.077 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA3
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -15.30, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 23.84, 230.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.058 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.077 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8057, 23.0701, 38.1052)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA3 #A35E48

analogous

#48A38B #488DA3 #4860A3

triadic

#488DA3 #A3488D #8DA348

tetradic

#488DA3 #8B48A3 #A35E48 #60A348

square

#488DA3 #8B48A3 #A35E48 #60A348

split-complementary

#488DA3 #A34860 #A38B48

monochromatic

#22444E #356879 #488DA3 #6BA9BD #95C2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#488DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#488DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.077 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aebe',
    500: '#488da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da3;
$custom-light: #83aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6072,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA3

secondary

#BC978B

accent

#7659CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA3

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

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