#488FA7#488FA7

#488FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.080 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA7
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -15.17, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 24.65, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0587 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.08 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4673, 23.8109, 40.1218)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA7 #A76048

analogous

#48A790 #488FA7 #4860A7

triadic

#488FA7 #A7488F #8FA748

tetradic

#488FA7 #9048A7 #A76048 #60A748

square

#488FA7 #9048A7 #A76048 #60A748

split-complementary

#488FA7 #A74860 #A79048

monochromatic

#234651 #366A7C #488FA7 #6CABC0 #97C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#488FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA7

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA7	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#818CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.080 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc1',
    500: '#488fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa7;
$custom-light: #83afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.158,
    "s": 39.749,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61371,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA7

secondary

#BE998C

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA7

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

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