#488CC2#488CC2

#488CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC2
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -4.85, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 34.82, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0457 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.107 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7845, 24.0268, 54.5181)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC2 #C27E48

analogous

#48C2BB #488CC2 #484FC2

triadic

#488CC2 #C2488C #8CC248

tetradic

#488CC2 #BB48C2 #C27E48 #4FC248

square

#488CC2 #BB48C2 #C27E48 #4FC248

split-complementary

#488CC2 #C2484F #C2BB48

monochromatic

#244C6C #336C9A #488CC2 #76A9D1 #A4C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC2

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC2	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add4',
    500: '#488cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc2;
$custom-light: #86add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.557,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC2

secondary

#CEB098

accent

#8C4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC2

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

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