#488CBF#488CBF

#488CBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.104 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CBF
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -5.84, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 33.50, 259.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0467 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.104 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4510, 23.8934, 52.7615)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CBF #BF7B48

analogous

#48BFB6 #488CBF #4851BF

triadic

#488CBF #BF488C #8CBF48

tetradic

#488CBF #B648BF #BF7B48 #51BF48

square

#488CBF #B648BF #BF7B48 #51BF48

split-complementary

#488CBF #BF4851 #BFB648

monochromatic

#244B68 #346C96 #488CBF #75A8CF #A3C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#488CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CBF

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CBF	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.104 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add2',
    500: '#488cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cbf;
$custom-light: #86add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61759,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CBF

secondary

#CCAE97

accent

#8A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CBF

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

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