#488BCD#488BCD

#488BCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BCD
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -0.57, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 40.36, 269.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0414 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.121 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9205, 24.2484, 61.2183)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BCD #CD8A48

analogous

#48CDCC #488BCD #4849CD

triadic

#488BCD #CD488B #8BCD48

tetradic

#488BCD #CC48CD #CD8A48 #49CD48

square

#488BCD #CC48CD #CD8A48 #49CD48

split-complementary

#488BCD #CD4849 #CDCC48

monochromatic

#214E79 #2E6CA9 #488BCD #78A9DA #A8C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#488BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BCD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BCD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 250.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.774,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BCD

secondary

#D5B89C

accent

#9347E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BCD

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

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