#488CC0#488CC0

#488CC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.105 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC0
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 192)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -5.51, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 33.93, 260.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0464 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.105 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5614, 23.9376, 53.3431)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC0 #C07C48

analogous

#48C0B8 #488CC0 #4850C0

triadic

#488CC0 #C0488C #8CC048

tetradic

#488CC0 #B848C0 #C07C48 #50C048

square

#488CC0 #B848C0 #C07C48 #50C048

split-complementary

#488CC0 #C04850 #C0B848

monochromatic

#244B69 #346C97 #488CC0 #76A9D0 #A3C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#488CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#488CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC0

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC0	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.105 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add3',
    500: '#488cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc0;
$custom-light: #86add3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61809,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC0

secondary

#CCAE98

accent

#8B4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC0

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

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