#488FA6#488FA6

#488FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.079 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA6
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -15.48, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 24.44, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0591 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.079 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3752, 23.7740, 39.6368)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA6 #A65F48

analogous

#48A68E #488FA6 #4860A6

triadic

#488FA6 #A6488F #8FA648

tetradic

#488FA6 #8E48A6 #A65F48 #60A648

square

#488FA6 #8E48A6 #A65F48 #60A648

split-complementary

#488FA6 #A64860 #A68E48

monochromatic

#234551 #356A7B #488FA6 #6CABBF #97C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#488FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA6	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.079 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0c0',
    500: '#488fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa6;
$custom-light: #83b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.681,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61329,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA6

secondary

#BE988C

accent

#7658CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA6

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

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