#488EB9#488EB9

#488EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.096 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB9
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -8.94, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 30.41, 252.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0509 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.096 238)
XYZ	xyz(21.0991, 24.2245, 49.4534)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB9 #B97348

analogous

#48B9AB #488EB9 #4855B9

triadic

#488EB9 #B9488E #8EB948

tetradic

#488EB9 #AB48B9 #B97348 #55B948

square

#488EB9 #AB48B9 #B97348 #55B948

split-complementary

#488EB9 #B94855 #B9AB48

monochromatic

#254A61 #366C8E #488EB9 #74A9CA #A1C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#488EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.096 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afce',
    500: '#488eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb9;
$custom-light: #85afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.832,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61936,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.24227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB9

secondary

#C8A895

accent

#8453D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB9

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

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