#488FB9#488FB9

#488FB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.096 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB9
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 185)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -9.51, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 30.14, 251.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.052 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.096 237)
XYZ	xyz(21.2486, 24.5234, 49.5032)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB9 #B97248

analogous

#48B9AA #488FB9 #4856B9

triadic

#488FB9 #B9488F #8FB948

tetradic

#488FB9 #AA48B9 #B97248 #56B948

square

#488FB9 #AA48B9 #B97248 #56B948

split-complementary

#488FB9 #B94856 #B9AA48

monochromatic

#254B61 #366D8E #488FB9 #74AACA #A1C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB9	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.096 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afce',
    500: '#488fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb9;
$custom-light: #85afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB9

secondary

#C8A895

accent

#8353D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB9

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

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