#488BC2#488BC2

#488BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.108 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC2
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -4.27, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 35.20, 263.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0447 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.108 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6391, 23.7359, 54.4696)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC2 #C27F48

analogous

#48C2BC #488BC2 #484EC2

triadic

#488BC2 #C2488B #8BC248

tetradic

#488BC2 #BC48C2 #C27F48 #4EC248

square

#488BC2 #BC48C2 #C27F48 #4EC248

split-complementary

#488BC2 #C2484E #C2BC48

monochromatic

#244B6C #336B9A #488BC2 #76A8D1 #A4C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#488BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.108 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd4',
    500: '#488bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc2;
$custom-light: #86acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.049,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC2

secondary

#CEB098

accent

#8D4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC2

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

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