#488FA5#488FA5

#488FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.078 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA5
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -15.78, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 24.24, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0595 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.078 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2838, 23.7375, 39.1556)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA5 #A55E48

analogous

#48A58D #488FA5 #4860A5

triadic

#488FA5 #A5488F #8FA548

tetradic

#488FA5 #8D48A5 #A55E48 #60A548

square

#488FA5 #8D48A5 #A55E48 #60A548

split-complementary

#488FA5 #A54860 #A58D48

monochromatic

#234550 #356A7A #488FA5 #6CABBF #96C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#488FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.078 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0bf',
    500: '#488fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa5;
$custom-light: #83b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61287,
    "c": 0.07836,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA5

secondary

#BD978C

accent

#7559CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA5

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

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