#488FA9#488FA9

#488FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.081 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FA9
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -14.56, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 25.11, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0579 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.081 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6536, 23.8854, 41.1030)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FA9 #A96248

analogous

#48A992 #488FA9 #485FA9

triadic

#488FA9 #A9488F #8FA948

tetradic

#488FA9 #9248A9 #A96248 #5FA948

square

#488FA9 #9248A9 #A96248 #5FA948

split-complementary

#488FA9 #A9485F #A99248

monochromatic

#234653 #366B7E #488FA9 #6DABC1 #98C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#488FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FA9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FA9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.081 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc2',
    500: '#488fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fa9;
$custom-light: #83afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61455,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FA9

secondary

#BF9B8D

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FA9

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

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