#488FAA#488FAA

#488FAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.082 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FAA
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -14.25, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 25.35, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0575 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.082 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7478, 23.9231, 41.5993)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FAA #AA6348

analogous

#48AA94 #488FAA #485EAA

triadic

#488FAA #AA488F #8FAA48

tetradic

#488FAA #9448AA #AA6348 #5EAA48

square

#488FAA #9448AA #AA6348 #5EAA48

split-complementary

#488FAA #AA485E #AA9448

monochromatic

#244754 #366B7F #488FAA #6EAAC1 #99C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FAA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FAA	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.082 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc3',
    500: '#488faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488faa;
$custom-light: #83afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61498,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FAA

secondary

#C09C8E

accent

#7957D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FAA

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

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