#488DB5#488DB5

#488DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.092 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DB5
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -9.67, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 29.15, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0512 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.092 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5347, 23.7617, 47.2114)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DB5 #B57048

analogous

#48B5A6 #488DB5 #4857B5

triadic

#488DB5 #B5488D #8DB548

tetradic

#488DB5 #A648B5 #B57048 #57B548

square

#488DB5 #A648B5 #B57048 #57B548

split-complementary

#488DB5 #B54857 #B5A648

monochromatic

#25495D #376B89 #488DB5 #73A8C7 #9FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#488DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DB5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DB5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.092 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aecb',
    500: '#488db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488db5;
$custom-light: #85aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.018,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61513,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DB5

secondary

#C5A693

accent

#8355D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DB5

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

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