#488E9C#488E9C

#488E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E9C
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -17.94, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 22.86, 218.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% -0.062 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.073 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3439, 23.1224, 34.9424)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E9C #9C5648

analogous

#489C80 #488E9C #48649C

triadic

#488E9C #9C488E #8E9C48

tetradic

#488E9C #80489C #9C5648 #649C48

square

#488E9C #80489C #9C5648 #649C48

split-complementary

#488E9C #9C4864 #9C8048

monochromatic

#214248 #356872 #488E9C #68ACB9 #92C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#488E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E9C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E9C	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afb9',
    500: '#488e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e9c;
$custom-light: #82afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6068,
    "c": 0.07333,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E9C

secondary

#B89087

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E9C

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

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