#488FA8#488FA8

#488FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.080 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA8
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -14.87, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 24.87, 233.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0583 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.08 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5601, 23.8480, 40.6105)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA8 #A86148

analogous

#48A891 #488FA8 #485FA8

triadic

#488FA8 #A8488F #8FA848

tetradic

#488FA8 #9148A8 #A86148 #5FA848

square

#488FA8 #9148A8 #A86148 #5FA848

split-complementary

#488FA8 #A8485F #A89148

monochromatic

#234652 #366B7D #488FA8 #6DABC0 #98C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#488FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.080 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc2',
    500: '#488fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa8;
$custom-light: #83afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.625,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61413,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA8

secondary

#BF9A8D

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA8

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

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