#488BC8#488BC8

#488BC8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC8
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -2.26, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 37.97, 266.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0428 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.115 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3266, 24.0109, 58.0903)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC8 #C88548

analogous

#48C8C5 #488BC8 #484BC8

triadic

#488BC8 #C8488B #8BC848

tetradic

#488BC8 #C548C8 #C88548 #4BC848

square

#488BC8 #C548C8 #C88548 #4BC848

split-complementary

#488BC8 #C8484B #C8C548

monochromatic

#234D73 #316CA2 #488BC8 #77A9D6 #A6C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#488BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd9',
    500: '#488bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc8;
$custom-light: #87acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.594,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61987,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC8

secondary

#D1B59A

accent

#904BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC8

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

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