#488ACE#488ACE

#488ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.124 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ACE
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 0.35, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 41.30, 270.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0401 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.124 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8974, 24.0086, 61.8080)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488ACE #CE8C48

analogous

#48CDCE #488ACE #4948CE

triadic

#488ACE #CE488A #8ACE48

tetradic

#488ACE #CE48CD #CE8C48 #48CE49

square

#488ACE #CE48CD #CE8C48 #48CE49

split-complementary

#488ACE #CE4948 #CDCE48

monochromatic

#214D7B #2E6BAB #488ACE #78A9DB #A9C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#488ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ACE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ACE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abdd',
    500: '#488ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ace;
$custom-light: #88abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.448,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62079,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ACE

secondary

#D5B99D

accent

#9547E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ACE

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

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