#488AC3#488AC3

#488AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.110 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AC3
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -3.36, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 36.05, 264.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0433 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.11 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6076, 23.4927, 55.0150)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AC3 #C38148

analogous

#48C3BF #488AC3 #484DC3

triadic

#488AC3 #C3488A #8AC348

tetradic

#488AC3 #BF48C3 #C38148 #4DC348

square

#488AC3 #BF48C3 #C38148 #4DC348

split-complementary

#488AC3 #C3484D #C3BF48

monochromatic

#244B6D #336B9B #488AC3 #76A7D2 #A4C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#488AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AC3

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AC3	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.110 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd5',
    500: '#488ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ac3;
$custom-light: #86abd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61499,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AC3

secondary

#CEB199

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AC3

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

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