#488BC4#488BC4

#488BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.110 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC4
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -3.60, -35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 36.11, 264.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.044 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.11 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8652, 23.8263, 55.6605)
Luminance	0.2383 (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

#488BC4 #C48148

analogous

#48C4BF #488BC4 #484DC4

triadic

#488BC4 #C4488B #8BC448

tetradic

#488BC4 #BF48C4 #C48148 #4DC448

square

#488BC4 #BF48C4 #C48148 #4DC448

split-complementary

#488BC4 #C4484D #C4BF48

monochromatic

#234C6E #326C9C #488BC4 #76A8D3 #A5C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#488BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC4	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.110 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd6',
    500: '#488bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc4;
$custom-light: #86acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.581,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6178,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC4

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8E4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC4

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

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