#488FA4#488FA4

#488FA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.078 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA4
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -16.09, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 24.05, 228.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0599 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.078 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1932, 23.7012, 38.6781)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA4 #A45D48

analogous

#48A48B #488FA4 #4861A4

triadic

#488FA4 #A4488F #8FA448

tetradic

#488FA4 #8B48A4 #A45D48 #61A448

square

#488FA4 #8B48A4 #A45D48 #61A448

split-complementary

#488FA4 #A44861 #A48B48

monochromatic

#23454F #356A79 #488FA4 #6BABBE #96C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#488FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#488FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.078 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0bf',
    500: '#488fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa4;
$custom-light: #83b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.696,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61246,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA4

secondary

#BD968B

accent

#7459CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA4

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

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