#488EB5#488EB5

#488EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.092 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB5
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -10.23, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 28.91, 249.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0523 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.092 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6828, 24.0579, 47.2608)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB5 #B56F48

analogous

#48B5A6 #488EB5 #4858B5

triadic

#488EB5 #B5488E #8EB548

tetradic

#488EB5 #A648B5 #B56F48 #58B548

square

#488EB5 #A648B5 #B56F48 #58B548

split-complementary

#488EB5 #B54858 #B5A648

monochromatic

#25495D #376C89 #488EB5 #73A9C7 #9FC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB5	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.092 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcb',
    500: '#488eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb5;
$custom-light: #85afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61749,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB5

secondary

#C5A593

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB5

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

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