#488FA0#488FA0

#488FA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.075 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA0
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -17.29, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 23.42, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0615 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.075 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8376, 23.5590, 36.8055)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA0 #A05948

analogous

#48A085 #488FA0 #4863A0

triadic

#488FA0 #A0488F #8FA048

tetradic

#488FA0 #8548A0 #A05948 #63A048

square

#488FA0 #8548A0 #A05948 #63A048

split-complementary

#488FA0 #A04863 #A08548

monochromatic

#22444C #356976 #488FA0 #69ACBC #94C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA0

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA0	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)

#838BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7681A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.075 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0bc',
    500: '#488fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa0;
$custom-light: #82b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.591,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61083,
    "c": 0.07546,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA0

secondary

#BB9389

accent

#705ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA0

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

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