#488CBE#488CBE

#488CBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.103 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CBE
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -6.17, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 33.07, 259.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.047 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.103 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3414, 23.8495, 52.1839)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CBE #BE7A48

analogous

#48BEB5 #488CBE #4851BE

triadic

#488CBE #BE488C #8CBE48

tetradic

#488CBE #B548BE #BE7A48 #51BE48

square

#488CBE #B548BE #BE7A48 #51BE48

split-complementary

#488CBE #BE4851 #BEB548

monochromatic

#254B67 #356C94 #488CBE #75A8CE #A2C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#488CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#488CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CBE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CBE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.103 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add1',
    500: '#488cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cbe;
$custom-light: #86add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6171,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CBE

secondary

#CBAD97

accent

#8A51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CBE

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

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