#488BC0#488BC0

#488BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC0
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -4.94, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 34.30, 261.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0453 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.106 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4160, 23.6466, 53.2946)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC0 #C07D48

analogous

#48C0B9 #488BC0 #484FC0

triadic

#488BC0 #C0488B #8BC048

tetradic

#488BC0 #B948C0 #C07D48 #4FC048

square

#488BC0 #B948C0 #C07D48 #4FC048

split-complementary

#488BC0 #C0484F #C0B948

monochromatic

#244B69 #346B97 #488BC0 #76A8D0 #A3C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#488BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#488BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC0

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC0	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6380BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd3',
    500: '#488bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc0;
$custom-light: #86acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61577,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC0

secondary

#CCAF98

accent

#8C4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC0

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

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