#488DA5#488DA5

#488DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.078 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA5
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -14.69, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 24.27, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0572 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.078 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9863, 23.1423, 39.0564)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA5 #A56048

analogous

#48A58F #488DA5 #485FA5

triadic

#488DA5 #A5488D #8DA548

tetradic

#488DA5 #8F48A5 #A56048 #5FA548

square

#488DA5 #8F48A5 #A56048 #5FA548

split-complementary

#488DA5 #A5485F #A58F48

monochromatic

#234450 #35697A #488DA5 #6CA9BF #96C2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#488DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.078 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aebf',
    500: '#488da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da5;
$custom-light: #83aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60803,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA5

secondary

#BD988C

accent

#7759CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA5

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

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