#488BC5#488BC5

#488BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.112 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC5
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -3.27, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 36.57, 264.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0437 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.112 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9794, 23.8720, 56.2619)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC5 #C58248

analogous

#48C5C0 #488BC5 #484CC5

triadic

#488BC5 #C5488B #8BC548

tetradic

#488BC5 #C048C5 #C58248 #4CC548

square

#488BC5 #C048C5 #C58248 #4CC548

split-complementary

#488BC5 #C5484C #C5C048

monochromatic

#234C6F #326C9E #488BC5 #76A8D4 #A5C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#488BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC5	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)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.112 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd7',
    500: '#488bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc5;
$custom-light: #87acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.84,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61831,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC5

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8F4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC5

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

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