#488F9F#488F9F

#488F9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.075 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488F9F
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -17.59, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 23.30, 220.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0619 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.075 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7505, 23.5241, 36.3467)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488F9F #9F5848

analogous

#489F83 #488F9F #48649F

triadic

#488F9F #9F488F #8F9F48

tetradic

#488F9F #83489F #9F5848 #649F48

square

#488F9F #83489F #9F5848 #649F48

split-complementary

#488F9F #9F4864 #9F8348

monochromatic

#22434B #356975 #488F9F #69ACBB #93C3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488F9F

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488F9F	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.075 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0bb',
    500: '#488f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488f9f;
$custom-light: #82b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.034,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61043,
    "c": 0.07496,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488F9F

secondary

#BA9289

accent

#6F5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #488F9F

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

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