#488FB4#488FB4

#488FB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.091 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB4
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -11.11, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 28.34, 246.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0538 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.091 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7300, 24.3159, 46.7722)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB4 #B46D48

analogous

#48B4A3 #488FB4 #4859B4

triadic

#488FB4 #B4488F #8FB448

tetradic

#488FB4 #A348B4 #B46D48 #59B448

square

#488FB4 #A348B4 #B46D48 #59B448

split-complementary

#488FB4 #B44859 #B4A348

monochromatic

#254A5D #376C88 #488FB4 #72AAC7 #9EC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB4	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#7D8EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.091 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afca',
    500: '#488fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb4;
$custom-light: #85afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6194,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB4

secondary

#C5A493

accent

#8055D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB4

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

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