#488FAC#488FAC

#488FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.083 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FAC
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -13.63, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 25.88, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0567 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.083 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9385, 23.9993, 42.6033)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FAC #AC6548

analogous

#48AC97 #488FAC #485DAC

triadic

#488FAC #AC488F #8FAC48

tetradic

#488FAC #9748AC #AC6548 #5DAC48

square

#488FAC #9748AC #AC6548 #5DAC48

split-complementary

#488FAC #AC485D #AC9748

monochromatic

#244756 #366B81 #488FAC #6FAAC3 #9AC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#488FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FAC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FAC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.083 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc4',
    500: '#488fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fac;
$custom-light: #84afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61584,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FAC

secondary

#C19D8F

accent

#7A57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FAC

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

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