#488AC4#488AC4

#488AC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.111 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AC4
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -3.02, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 36.51, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.043 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.111 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7211, 23.5381, 55.6124)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AC4 #C48248

analogous

#48C4C0 #488AC4 #484CC4

triadic

#488AC4 #C4488A #8AC448

tetradic

#488AC4 #C048C4 #C48248 #4CC448

square

#488AC4 #C048C4 #C48248 #4CC448

split-complementary

#488AC4 #C4484C #C4C048

monochromatic

#234B6E #326B9C #488AC4 #76A8D3 #A5C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AC4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AC4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.111 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86abd6',
    500: '#488ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ac4;
$custom-light: #86abd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61551,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AC4

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AC4

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

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