#488DB4#488DB4

#488DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.091 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DB4
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -9.99, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 28.78, 249.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0515 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.091 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4325, 23.7208, 46.6730)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DB4 #B46F48

analogous

#48B4A5 #488DB4 #4857B4

triadic

#488DB4 #B4488D #8DB448

tetradic

#488DB4 #A548B4 #B46F48 #57B448

square

#488DB4 #A548B4 #B46F48 #57B448

split-complementary

#488DB4 #B44857 #B4A548

monochromatic

#25495D #376B88 #488DB4 #72A8C7 #9EC3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#488DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#488DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DB4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DB4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.091 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aeca',
    500: '#488db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488db4;
$custom-light: #84aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61467,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DB4

secondary

#C5A593

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DB4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →