#488EAA#488EAA

#488EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.082 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EAA
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -13.70, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 25.43, 237.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0564 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.082 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5984, 23.6242, 41.5495)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EAA #AA6448

analogous

#48AA95 #488EAA #485DAA

triadic

#488EAA #AA488E #8EAA48

tetradic

#488EAA #9548AA #AA6448 #5DAA48

square

#488EAA #9548AA #AA6448 #5DAA48

split-complementary

#488EAA #AA485D #AA9548

monochromatic

#244654 #366A7F #488EAA #6EAAC1 #99C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#488EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EAA

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EAA	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.082 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc3',
    500: '#488eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eaa;
$custom-light: #83afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61258,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EAA

secondary

#C09C8E

accent

#7A57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EAA

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

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