#488BCC#488BCC

#488BCC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BCC
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -0.91, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 39.88, 268.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0417 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.12 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8002, 24.2003, 60.5846)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BCC #CC8948

analogous

#48CCCB #488BCC #4849CC

triadic

#488BCC #CC488B #8BCC48

tetradic

#488BCC #CB48CC #CC8948 #49CC48

square

#488BCC #CB48CC #CC8948 #49CC48

split-complementary

#488BCC #CC4849 #CCCB48

monochromatic

#214D78 #2F6CA8 #488BCC #78A9D9 #A8C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#488BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BCC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BCC	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdc',
    500: '#488bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bcc;
$custom-light: #88acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BCC

secondary

#D4B79C

accent

#9348E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BCC

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

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