#488EA4#488EA4

#488EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.078 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA4
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, -15.54, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 24.04, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0587 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.078 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0437, 23.4023, 38.6283)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA4 #A45E48

analogous

#48A48C #488EA4 #4860A4

triadic

#488EA4 #A4488E #8EA448

tetradic

#488EA4 #8C48A4 #A45E48 #60A448

square

#488EA4 #8C48A4 #A45E48 #60A448

split-complementary

#488EA4 #A44860 #A48C48

monochromatic

#23444F #356979 #488EA4 #6BAABE #96C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#488EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#488EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA4	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.078 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afbf',
    500: '#488ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea4;
$custom-light: #83afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61003,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA4

secondary

#BD978B

accent

#7559CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA4

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

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