#488EB8#488EB8

#488EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.095 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB8
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -9.27, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 30.02, 252.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0512 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.095 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9939, 24.1824, 48.8994)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB8 #B87248

analogous

#48B8AA #488EB8 #4856B8

triadic

#488EB8 #B8488E #8EB848

tetradic

#488EB8 #AA48B8 #B87248 #56B848

square

#488EB8 #AA48B8 #B87248 #56B848

split-complementary

#488EB8 #B84856 #B8AA48

monochromatic

#254A60 #366C8C #488EB8 #74A9C9 #A0C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#488EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB8	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.095 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcd',
    500: '#488eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb8;
$custom-light: #85afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB8

secondary

#C7A895

accent

#8454D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB8

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

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