#488EA1#488EA1

#488EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.076 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA1
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -16.45, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 23.50, 225.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0599 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.076 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7760, 23.2952, 37.2183)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA1 #A15B48

analogous

#48A187 #488EA1 #4861A1

triadic

#488EA1 #A1488E #8EA148

tetradic

#488EA1 #8748A1 #A15B48 #61A148

square

#488EA1 #8748A1 #A15B48 #61A148

split-complementary

#488EA1 #A14861 #A18748

monochromatic

#22434C #356977 #488EA1 #6AABBC #94C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#488EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#488EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA1

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA1	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7480A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.076 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82afbc',
    500: '#488ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea1;
$custom-light: #82afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.809,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6088,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA1

secondary

#BB948A

accent

#735ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA1

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

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