#488E9D#488E9D

#488E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.074 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E9D
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -17.64, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 22.96, 219.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0616 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.074 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4289, 23.1564, 35.3902)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E9D #9D5748

analogous

#489D81 #488E9D #48649D

triadic

#488E9D #9D488E #8E9D48

tetradic

#488E9D #81489D #9D5748 #649D48

square

#488E9D #81489D #9D5748 #649D48

split-complementary

#488E9D #9D4864 #9D8148

monochromatic

#224249 #356873 #488E9D #68ABBA #92C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#488E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#488E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E9D

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E9D	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.074 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afba',
    500: '#488e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e9d;
$custom-light: #82afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60719,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E9D

secondary

#B99088

accent

#6F5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E9D

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

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