#488CC4#488CC4

#488CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.110 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC4
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -4.18, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 35.72, 263.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0451 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.11 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0107, 24.1172, 55.7090)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC4 #C48048

analogous

#48C4BE #488CC4 #484EC4

triadic

#488CC4 #C4488C #8CC448

tetradic

#488CC4 #BE48C4 #C48048 #4EC448

square

#488CC4 #BE48C4 #C48048 #4EC448

split-complementary

#488CC4 #C4484E #C4BE48

monochromatic

#234C6E #326D9C #488CC4 #76A9D3 #A5C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#488CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC4

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC4	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.110 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86add6',
    500: '#488cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc4;
$custom-light: #86add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.097,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6201,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC4

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8D4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC4

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

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