#488FA3#488FA3

#488FA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.077 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA3
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -16.39, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 23.87, 226.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0603 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.077 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1032, 23.6652, 38.2044)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA3 #A35C48

analogous

#48A389 #488FA3 #4861A3

triadic

#488FA3 #A3488F #8FA348

tetradic

#488FA3 #8948A3 #A35C48 #61A348

square

#488FA3 #8948A3 #A35C48 #61A348

split-complementary

#488FA3 #A34861 #A38948

monochromatic

#22454E #356A79 #488FA3 #6BABBD #95C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#488FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#488FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA3	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#828BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.077 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0be',
    500: '#488fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa3;
$custom-light: #83b0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.187,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61205,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA3

secondary

#BC958B

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA3

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

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