#488FB6#488FB6

#488FB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.092 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB6
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -10.47, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 29.04, 248.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.053 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.092 235)
XYZ	xyz(20.9352, 24.3980, 47.8529)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB6 #B66F48

analogous

#48B6A6 #488FB6 #4858B6

triadic

#488FB6 #B6488F #8FB648

tetradic

#488FB6 #A648B6 #B66F48 #58B648

square

#488FB6 #A648B6 #B66F48 #58B648

split-complementary

#488FB6 #B64858 #B6A648

monochromatic

#254A5E #376D8A #488FB6 #73AAC8 #9FC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#488FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB6	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.092 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcc',
    500: '#488fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb6;
$custom-light: #85afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62032,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB6

secondary

#C6A694

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB6

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

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