#488CC5#488CC5

#488CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.111 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC5
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -3.85, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 36.17, 263.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0448 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.111 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1249, 24.1629, 56.3104)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC5 #C58148

analogous

#48C5BF #488CC5 #484DC5

triadic

#488CC5 #C5488C #8CC548

tetradic

#488CC5 #BF48C5 #C58148 #4DC548

square

#488CC5 #BF48C5 #C58148 #4DC548

split-complementary

#488CC5 #C5484D #C5BF48

monochromatic

#234D6F #326D9E #488CC5 #76A9D4 #A5C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#488CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.111 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87add7',
    500: '#488cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc5;
$custom-light: #87add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.36,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62061,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC5

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8E4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC5

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

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