#488F9E#488F9E

#488F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.074 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F9E
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -17.88, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 23.19, 219.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0623 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.075 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6641, 23.4896, 35.8915)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F9E #9E5748

analogous

#489E82 #488F9E #48649E

triadic

#488F9E #9E488F #8F9E48

tetradic

#488F9E #82489E #9E5748 #649E48

square

#488F9E #82489E #9E5748 #649E48

split-complementary

#488F9E #9E4864 #9E8248

monochromatic

#22434A #356974 #488F9E #69ACBB #93C3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#488F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F9E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F9E	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.074 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0ba',
    500: '#488f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f9e;
$custom-light: #82b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.465,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61003,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F9E

secondary

#BA9188

accent

#6E5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F9E

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

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