#488BBE#488BBE

#488BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.103 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BBE
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -5.60, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 33.42, 260.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0459 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.103 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1959, 23.5586, 52.1355)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488BBE #BE7B48

analogous

#48BEB6 #488BBE #4850BE

triadic

#488BBE #BE488B #8BBE48

tetradic

#488BBE #B648BE #BE7B48 #50BE48

square

#488BBE #B648BE #BE7B48 #50BE48

split-complementary

#488BBE #BE4850 #BEB648

monochromatic

#254A67 #356B94 #488BBE #75A8CE #A2C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#488BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#488BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BBE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BBE	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)

#748CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.103 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd1',
    500: '#488bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bbe;
$custom-light: #86acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61478,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BBE

secondary

#CBAD97

accent

#8B51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BBE

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

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