#488BC3#488BC3

#488BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.109 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC3
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -3.94, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 35.65, 263.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0444 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.109 246)
XYZ	xyz(21.7518, 23.7810, 55.0630)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC3 #C38048

analogous

#48C3BD #488BC3 #484EC3

triadic

#488BC3 #C3488B #8BC348

tetradic

#488BC3 #BD48C3 #C38048 #4EC348

square

#488BC3 #BD48C3 #C38048 #4EC348

split-complementary

#488BC3 #C3484E #C3BD48

monochromatic

#244C6D #336C9B #488BC3 #76A8D2 #A4C5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#488BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6280C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.109 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd5',
    500: '#488bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc3;
$custom-light: #86acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.317,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61729,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.23783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC3

secondary

#CEB199

accent

#8E4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC3

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

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