#488CC1#488CC1

#488CC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.106 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC1
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -5.18, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 34.37, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.046 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.106 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6726, 23.9820, 53.9286)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC1 #C17D48

analogous

#48C1BA #488CC1 #4850C1

triadic

#488CC1 #C1488C #8CC148

tetradic

#488CC1 #BA48C1 #C17D48 #50C148

square

#488CC1 #BA48C1 #C17D48 #50C148

split-complementary

#488CC1 #C14850 #C1BA48

monochromatic

#244C6B #346C98 #488CC1 #76A9D0 #A3C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#488CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC1

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC1	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758DC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.106 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add4',
    500: '#488cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc1;
$custom-light: #86add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61859,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC1

secondary

#CDAF98

accent

#8B4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC1

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

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