#488BC1#488BC1

#488BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.107 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC1
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -4.60, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 34.75, 262.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.045 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.107 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5272, 23.6911, 53.8801)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC1 #C17E48

analogous

#48C1BB #488BC1 #484FC1

triadic

#488BC1 #C1488B #8BC148

tetradic

#488BC1 #BB48C1 #C17E48 #4FC148

square

#488BC1 #BB48C1 #C17E48 #4FC148

split-complementary

#488BC1 #C1484F #C1BB48

monochromatic

#244B6B #346B98 #488BC1 #76A8D0 #A3C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#488BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#488BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC1

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC1	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6380C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.107 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd4',
    500: '#488bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc1;
$custom-light: #86acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.777,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61628,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC1

secondary

#CDB098

accent

#8C4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC1

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

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