#488BCE#488BCE

#488BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BCE
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -0.23, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 40.84, 269.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0411 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.123 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0416, 24.2969, 61.8560)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BCE #CE8B48

analogous

#48CECE #488BCE #4848CE

triadic

#488BCE #CE488B #8BCE48

tetradic

#488BCE #CE48CE #CE8B48 #48CE48

square

#488BCE #CE48CE #CE8B48 #48CE48

split-complementary

#488BCE #CE4848 #CECE48

monochromatic

#214E7B #2E6CAB #488BCE #78AADB #A9C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BCE

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BCE	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdd',
    500: '#488bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bce;
$custom-light: #88acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62304,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BCE

secondary

#D5B99D

accent

#9447E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BCE

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

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