#488BCB#488BCB

#488BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BCB
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -1.25, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 39.40, 268.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.042 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.119 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6806, 24.1525, 59.9550)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BCB #CB8848

analogous

#48CBCA #488BCB #484ACB

triadic

#488BCB #CB488B #8BCB48

tetradic

#488BCB #CA48CB #CB8848 #4ACB48

square

#488BCB #CA48CB #CB8848 #4ACB48

split-complementary

#488BCB #CB484A #CBCA48

monochromatic

#224D77 #2F6CA6 #488BCB #78A9D9 #A7C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#488BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BCB

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BCB	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acdb',
    500: '#488bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bcb;
$custom-light: #87acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.313,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BCB

secondary

#D3B79B

accent

#9249DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BCB

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

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