#488EA6#488EA6

#488EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.079 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA6
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -14.93, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 24.46, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0579 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.079 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2258, 23.4751, 39.5870)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA6 #A66048

analogous

#48A68F #488EA6 #485FA6

triadic

#488EA6 #A6488E #8EA648

tetradic

#488EA6 #8F48A6 #A66048 #5FA648

square

#488EA6 #8F48A6 #A66048 #5FA648

split-complementary

#488EA6 #A6485F #A68F48

monochromatic

#234551 #35697B #488EA6 #6CAABF #97C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA6

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA6	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.079 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc0',
    500: '#488ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea6;
$custom-light: #83afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61087,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA6

secondary

#BE998C

accent

#7758CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA6

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

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