#488BC6#488BC6

#488BC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.113 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC6
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -2.94, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 37.03, 265.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0434 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.113 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0944, 23.9180, 56.8674)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC6 #C68348

analogous

#48C6C2 #488BC6 #484CC6

triadic

#488BC6 #C6488B #8BC648

tetradic

#488BC6 #C248C6 #C68348 #4CC648

square

#488BC6 #C248C6 #C68348 #4CC648

split-complementary

#488BC6 #C6484C #C6C248

monochromatic

#234C71 #326C9F #488BC6 #77A9D5 #A5C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#488BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC6	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.113 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd7',
    500: '#488bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc6;
$custom-light: #87acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.095,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61883,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC6

secondary

#D0B39A

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC6

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

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