#488ACD#488ACD

#488ACD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.122 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ACD
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 0.01, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 40.81, 270.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0404 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.122 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7764, 23.9602, 61.1702)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ACD #CD8B48

analogous

#48CCCD #488ACD #4948CD

triadic

#488ACD #CD488A #8ACD48

tetradic

#488ACD #CD48CC #CD8B48 #48CD49

square

#488ACD #CD48CC #CD8B48 #48CD49

split-complementary

#488ACD #CD4948 #CCCD48

monochromatic

#214D79 #2E6BA9 #488ACD #78A9DA #A8C7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ACD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ACD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.122 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abdc',
    500: '#488acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488acd;
$custom-light: #88abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.226,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ACD

secondary

#D5B99C

accent

#9447E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ACD

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

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