#488CBC#488CBC

#488CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.100 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CBC
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -6.83, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 32.22, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0477 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.1 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1243, 23.7627, 51.0406)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CBC #BC7848

analogous

#48BCB2 #488CBC #4852BC

triadic

#488CBC #BC488C #8CBC48

tetradic

#488CBC #B248BC #BC7848 #52BC48

square

#488CBC #B248BC #BC7848 #52BC48

split-complementary

#488CBC #BC4852 #BCB248

monochromatic

#254A65 #356B92 #488CBC #75A8CC #A2C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#488CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#488CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CBC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CBC	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.100 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85add0',
    500: '#488cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cbc;
$custom-light: #85add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CBC

secondary

#CAAB96

accent

#8852D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CBC

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

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