#488FA2#488FA2

#488FA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.077 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA2
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -16.69, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 23.71, 225.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0607 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.077 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0140, 23.6295, 37.7344)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA2 #A25B48

analogous

#48A288 #488FA2 #4862A2

triadic

#488FA2 #A2488F #8FA248

tetradic

#488FA2 #8848A2 #A25B48 #62A248

square

#488FA2 #8848A2 #A25B48 #62A248

split-complementary

#488FA2 #A24862 #A28848

monochromatic

#22444D #356A78 #488FA2 #6AABBD #95C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#488FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA2	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.077 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0bd',
    500: '#488fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa2;
$custom-light: #83b0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61164,
    "c": 0.07654,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA2

secondary

#BC958A

accent

#7259CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA2

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

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