#488DB6#488DB6

#488DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.093 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DB6
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -9.35, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 29.52, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0508 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.093 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6377, 23.8029, 47.7537)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DB6 #B67148

analogous

#48B6A8 #488DB6 #4856B6

triadic

#488DB6 #B6488D #8DB648

tetradic

#488DB6 #A848B6 #B67148 #56B648

square

#488DB6 #A848B6 #B67148 #56B648

split-complementary

#488DB6 #B64856 #B6A848

monochromatic

#25495E #376B8A #488DB6 #73A8C8 #9FC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#488DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DB6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DB6	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.093 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aecc',
    500: '#488db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488db6;
$custom-light: #85aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DB6

secondary

#C6A794

accent

#8455D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DB6

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

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