#488BC9#488BC9

#488BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BC9
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -1.93, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 38.44, 267.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0425 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.117 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4438, 24.0578, 58.7078)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BC9 #C98648

analogous

#48C9C6 #488BC9 #484AC9

triadic

#488BC9 #C9488B #8BC948

tetradic

#488BC9 #C648C9 #C98648 #4AC948

square

#488BC9 #C648C9 #C98648 #4AC948

split-complementary

#488BC9 #C9484A #C9C648

monochromatic

#224D74 #306CA4 #488BC9 #77A9D7 #A7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BC9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BC9	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd9',
    500: '#488bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bc9;
$custom-light: #87acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.837,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62039,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BC9

secondary

#D2B59B

accent

#914ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BC9

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

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