#488ACA#488ACA

#488ACA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.119 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ACA
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -1.00, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 39.35, 268.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0412 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.119 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4177, 23.8167, 59.2813)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ACA #CA8848

analogous

#48CAC9 #488ACA #4849CA

triadic

#488ACA #CA488A #8ACA48

tetradic

#488ACA #C948CA #CA8848 #49CA48

square

#488ACA #C948CA #CA8848 #49CA48

split-complementary

#488ACA #CA4849 #CAC948

monochromatic

#224C76 #306BA5 #488ACA #77A8D8 #A7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#488ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ACA

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ACA	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.119 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87abda',
    500: '#488aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aca;
$custom-light: #87abda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ACA

secondary

#D3B69B

accent

#9349DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ACA

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

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