#488EA9#488EA9

#488EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.081 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EA9
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -14.01, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 25.17, 236.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0567 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.081 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5042, 23.5865, 41.0532)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EA9 #A96348

analogous

#48A994 #488EA9 #485EA9

triadic

#488EA9 #A9488E #8EA948

tetradic

#488EA9 #9448A9 #A96348 #5EA948

square

#488EA9 #9448A9 #A96348 #5EA948

split-complementary

#488EA9 #A9485E #A99448

monochromatic

#234653 #366A7E #488EA9 #6DAAC1 #98C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#488EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EA9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EA9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.081 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc2',
    500: '#488ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ea9;
$custom-light: #83afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EA9

secondary

#BF9B8D

accent

#7958D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EA9

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

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