#488BCA#488BCA

#488BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BCA
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -1.59, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 38.92, 267.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0423 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.118 249)
XYZ	xyz(22.5618, 24.1050, 59.3294)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BCA #CA8748

analogous

#48CAC8 #488BCA #484ACA

triadic

#488BCA #CA488B #8BCA48

tetradic

#488BCA #C848CA #CA8748 #4ACA48

square

#488BCA #C848CA #CA8748 #4ACA48

split-complementary

#488BCA #CA484A #CAC848

monochromatic

#224D76 #306CA5 #488BCA #77A9D8 #A7C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#488BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BCA

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BCA	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acda',
    500: '#488bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bca;
$custom-light: #87acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62092,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.24107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BCA

secondary

#D3B69B

accent

#9249DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BCA

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

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