#488CC3#488CC3

#488CC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.108 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC3
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -4.52, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 35.27, 262.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0454 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.108 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8972, 24.0719, 55.1115)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC3 #C37F48

analogous

#48C3BC #488CC3 #484FC3

triadic

#488CC3 #C3488C #8CC348

tetradic

#488CC3 #BC48C3 #C37F48 #4FC348

square

#488CC3 #BC48C3 #C37F48 #4FC348

split-complementary

#488CC3 #C3484F #C3BC48

monochromatic

#244C6D #336C9B #488CC3 #76A9D2 #A4C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC3	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#748DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.108 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add5',
    500: '#488cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc3;
$custom-light: #86add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.829,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61959,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC3

secondary

#CEB199

accent

#8C4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC3

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

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