#488DBA#488DBA

#488DBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.098 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DBA
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 24.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -8.05, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 31.08, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0494 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.098 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0569, 23.9706, 49.9619)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DBA #BA7548

analogous

#48BAAE #488DBA #4854BA

triadic

#488DBA #BA488D #8DBA48

tetradic

#488DBA #AE48BA #BA7548 #54BA48

square

#488DBA #AE48BA #BA7548 #54BA48

split-complementary

#488DBA #BA4854 #BAAE48

monochromatic

#254A62 #366C8F #488DBA #74A9CB #A1C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DBA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DBA	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.098 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aecf',
    500: '#488dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dba;
$custom-light: #85aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61749,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DBA

secondary

#C8AA96

accent

#8653D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DBA

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

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