#488FB3#488FB3

#488FB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.090 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB3
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -11.43, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 28.00, 245.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0541 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.09 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6285, 24.2753, 46.2376)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB3 #B36C48

analogous

#48B3A2 #488FB3 #485AB3

triadic

#488FB3 #B3488F #8FB348

tetradic

#488FB3 #A248B3 #B36C48 #5AB348

square

#488FB3 #A248B3 #B36C48 #5AB348

split-complementary

#488FB3 #B3485A #B3A248

monochromatic

#25495C #366C87 #488FB3 #72AAC6 #9EC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB3	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.090 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc9',
    500: '#488fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb3;
$custom-light: #84afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.187,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61895,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB3

secondary

#C4A392

accent

#7F55D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB3

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

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