#488FB5#488FB5

#488FB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.092 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB5
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -10.79, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 28.69, 247.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0534 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.092 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8323, 24.3568, 47.3106)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB5 #B56E48

analogous

#48B5A4 #488FB5 #4859B5

triadic

#488FB5 #B5488F #8FB548

tetradic

#488FB5 #A448B5 #B56E48 #59B548

square

#488FB5 #A448B5 #B56E48 #59B548

split-complementary

#488FB5 #B54859 #B5A448

monochromatic

#254A5D #376C89 #488FB5 #73AAC7 #9FC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#488FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB5	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.092 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcb',
    500: '#488fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb5;
$custom-light: #85afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.917,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB5

secondary

#C5A593

accent

#8155D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB5

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

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