#488DA9#488DA9

#488DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.081 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DA9
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, -13.46, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 25.26, 237.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0556 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.081 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3560, 23.2903, 41.0038)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DA9 #A96448

analogous

#48A995 #488DA9 #485CA9

triadic

#488DA9 #A9488D #8DA948

tetradic

#488DA9 #9548A9 #A96448 #5CA948

square

#488DA9 #9548A9 #A96448 #5CA948

split-complementary

#488DA9 #A9485C #A99548

monochromatic

#234553 #36697E #488DA9 #6DA9C1 #98C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#488DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#488DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DA9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DA9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.081 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec2',
    500: '#488da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488da9;
$custom-light: #83aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.32,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60974,
    "c": 0.08143,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DA9

secondary

#BF9C8D

accent

#7A58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DA9

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

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