#488DAB#488DAB

#488DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.083 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DAB
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(198, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, -12.84, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 25.82, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0548 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.083 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5452, 23.3659, 42.0002)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DAB #AB6648

analogous

#48AB98 #488DAB #485BAB

triadic

#488DAB #AB488D #8DAB48

tetradic

#488DAB #9848AB #AB6648 #5BAB48

square

#488DAB #9848AB #AB6648 #5BAB48

split-complementary

#488DAB #AB485B #AB9848

monochromatic

#244655 #366980 #488DAB #6EA9C2 #99C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#488DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#488DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DAB

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DAB	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#7D8BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.083 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aec4',
    500: '#488dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dab;
$custom-light: #83aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61062,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DAB

secondary

#C09E8E

accent

#7C57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DAB

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

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