#488DB9#488DB9

#488DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.097 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DB9
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -8.38, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 30.69, 254.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0498 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.097 239)
XYZ	xyz(20.9510, 23.9282, 49.4040)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DB9 #B97448

analogous

#48B9AD #488DB9 #4854B9

triadic

#488DB9 #B9488D #8DB948

tetradic

#488DB9 #AD48B9 #B97448 #54B948

square

#488DB9 #AD48B9 #B97448 #54B948

split-complementary

#488DB9 #B94854 #B9AD48

monochromatic

#254A61 #366C8E #488DB9 #74A9CA #A1C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DB9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DB9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.097 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aece',
    500: '#488db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488db9;
$custom-light: #85aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.363,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61701,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.2393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DB9

secondary

#C8A995

accent

#8653D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DB9

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

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