#488FA1#488FA1

#488FA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.076 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA1
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 161)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -16.99, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 23.56, 223.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0611 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.076 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9255, 23.5941, 37.2681)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA1 #A15A48

analogous

#48A186 #488FA1 #4862A1

triadic

#488FA1 #A1488F #8FA148

tetradic

#488FA1 #8648A1 #A15A48 #62A148

square

#488FA1 #8648A1 #A15A48 #62A148

split-complementary

#488FA1 #A14862 #A18648

monochromatic

#22444C #356977 #488FA1 #6AACBC #94C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#488FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA1

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA1	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.076 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0bc',
    500: '#488fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa1;
$custom-light: #82b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.135,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61123,
    "c": 0.07599,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA1

secondary

#BB948A

accent

#715ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA1

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

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