#488DAE#488DAE

#488DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.086 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DAE
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -11.90, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 26.73, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0537 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.086 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8344, 23.4816, 43.5233)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DAE #AE6948

analogous

#48AE9C #488DAE #485AAE

triadic

#488DAE #AE488D #8DAE48

tetradic

#488DAE #9C48AE #AE6948 #5AAE48

square

#488DAE #9C48AE #AE6948 #5AAE48

split-complementary

#488DAE #AE485A #AE9C48

monochromatic

#244757 #366A83 #488DAE #70A8C4 #9BC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DAE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DAE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.086 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aec6',
    500: '#488dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dae;
$custom-light: #84aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61194,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DAE

secondary

#C2A090

accent

#7E57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DAE

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

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