#488AC0#488AC0

#488AC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.106 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AC0
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -4.36, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 34.67, 262.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0442 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.106 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2719, 23.3584, 53.2465)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AC0 #C07E48

analogous

#48C0BA #488AC0 #484EC0

triadic

#488AC0 #C0488A #8AC048

tetradic

#488AC0 #BA48C0 #C07E48 #4EC048

square

#488AC0 #BA48C0 #C07E48 #4EC048

split-complementary

#488AC0 #C0484E #C0BA48

monochromatic

#244A69 #346A97 #488AC0 #76A7D0 #A3C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#488AC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#488AC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AC0

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AC0	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.106 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd3',
    500: '#488ac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ac0;
$custom-light: #86acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61347,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AC0

secondary

#CCAF98

accent

#8D4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AC0

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

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