#488EA8#488EA8

#488EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.081 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA8
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -14.32, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 24.92, 234.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0571 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.081 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4106, 23.5491, 40.5607)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA8 #A86248

analogous

#48A892 #488EA8 #485EA8

triadic

#488EA8 #A8488E #8EA848

tetradic

#488EA8 #9248A8 #A86248 #5EA848

square

#488EA8 #9248A8 #A86248 #5EA848

split-complementary

#488EA8 #A8485E #A89248

monochromatic

#234652 #366A7D #488EA8 #6DAAC0 #98C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA8	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.081 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc2',
    500: '#488ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea8;
$custom-light: #83afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61172,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA8

secondary

#BF9A8D

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA8

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

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