#488EA7#488EA7

#488EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.080 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA7
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -14.63, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 24.69, 233.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0575 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.08 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3178, 23.5120, 40.0720)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA7 #A76148

analogous

#48A791 #488EA7 #485FA7

triadic

#488EA7 #A7488E #8EA748

tetradic

#488EA7 #9148A7 #A76148 #5FA748

square

#488EA7 #9148A7 #A76148 #5FA748

split-complementary

#488EA7 #A7485F #A79148

monochromatic

#234551 #366A7C #488EA7 #6CAAC0 #97C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA7

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA7	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.080 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc1',
    500: '#488ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea7;
$custom-light: #83afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61129,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA7

secondary

#BE9A8C

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA7

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

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