#488DA8#488DA8

#488DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.081 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA8
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -13.77, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 25.00, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.056 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.081 226)
XYZ	xyz(19.2625, 23.2528, 40.5113)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA8 #A86348

analogous

#48A893 #488DA8 #485DA8

triadic

#488DA8 #A8488D #8DA848

tetradic

#488DA8 #9348A8 #A86348 #5DA848

square

#488DA8 #9348A8 #A86348 #5DA848

split-complementary

#488DA8 #A8485D #A89348

monochromatic

#234552 #36697D #488DA8 #6DA9C0 #98C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#488DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#488DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.081 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec2',
    500: '#488da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da8;
$custom-light: #83aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.23255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA8

secondary

#BF9B8D

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA8

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

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