#488EB2#488EB2

#488EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.089 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB2
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.19, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 27.86, 246.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0534 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.089 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3783, 23.9361, 45.6571)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB2 #B26C48

analogous

#48B2A1 #488EB2 #4859B2

triadic

#488EB2 #B2488E #8EB248

tetradic

#488EB2 #A148B2 #B26C48 #59B248

square

#488EB2 #A148B2 #B26C48 #59B248

split-complementary

#488EB2 #B24859 #B2A148

monochromatic

#25485B #366B86 #488EB2 #71A9C6 #9DC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB2	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.089 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc9',
    500: '#488eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb2;
$custom-light: #84afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.377,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB2

secondary

#C4A392

accent

#8056D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB2

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

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