#488EB6#488EB6

#488EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.093 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB6
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -9.91, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 29.27, 250.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0519 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.093 236)
XYZ	xyz(20.7858, 24.0991, 47.8031)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB6 #B67048

analogous

#48B6A7 #488EB6 #4857B6

triadic

#488EB6 #B6488E #8EB648

tetradic

#488EB6 #A748B6 #B67048 #57B648

square

#488EB6 #A748B6 #B67048 #57B648

split-complementary

#488EB6 #B64857 #B6A748

monochromatic

#254A5E #376C8A #488EB6 #73A9C8 #9FC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#488EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.093 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcc',
    500: '#488eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb6;
$custom-light: #85afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61795,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.24101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB6

secondary

#C6A694

accent

#8355D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB6

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

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