#488ACF#488ACF

#488ACF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.125 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ACF
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 207)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 0.69, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 41.79, 270.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0398 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.125 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0193, 24.0574, 62.4498)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ACF #CF8D48

analogous

#48CDCF #488ACF #4A48CF

triadic

#488ACF #CF488A #8ACF48

tetradic

#488ACF #CF48CD #CF8D48 #48CF4A

square

#488ACF #CF48CD #CF8D48 #48CF4A

split-complementary

#488ACF #CF4A48 #CDCF48

monochromatic

#214D7C #2D6BAD #488ACF #78A9DC #A9C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488ACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488ACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ACF

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ACF	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488acf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.125 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abde',
    500: '#488acf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488acf;
$custom-light: #88abde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488acf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ACF

secondary

#D6BA9D

accent

#9646E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ACF

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

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