#488DAA#488DAA

#488DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.082 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DAA
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -13.15, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 25.54, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0552 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.082 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4503, 23.3279, 41.5001)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DAA #AA6548

analogous

#48AA96 #488DAA #485CAA

triadic

#488DAA #AA488D #8DAA48

tetradic

#488DAA #9648AA #AA6548 #5CAA48

square

#488DAA #9648AA #AA6548 #5CAA48

split-complementary

#488DAA #AA485C #AA9648

monochromatic

#244654 #36697F #488DAA #6EA9C1 #99C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#488DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#488DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DAA

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DAA	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.082 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec3',
    500: '#488daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488daa;
$custom-light: #83aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61018,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DAA

secondary

#C09D8E

accent

#7B57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DAA

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

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