#488FAB#488FAB

#488FAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.083 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FAB
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -13.94, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 25.61, 237.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0571 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.083 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8428, 23.9611, 42.0994)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FAB #AB6448

analogous

#48AB96 #488FAB #485DAB

triadic

#488FAB #AB488F #8FAB48

tetradic

#488FAB #9648AB #AB6448 #5DAB48

square

#488FAB #9648AB #AB6448 #5DAB48

split-complementary

#488FAB #AB485D #AB9648

monochromatic

#244755 #366B80 #488FAB #6EAAC2 #99C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FAB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FAB	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)

#808CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.083 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83afc4',
    500: '#488fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fab;
$custom-light: #83afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61541,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FAB

secondary

#C09D8E

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FAB

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

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