#488CC6#488CC6

#488CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC6
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -3.52, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 36.63, 264.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0445 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.112 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2398, 24.2089, 56.9159)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC6 #C68248

analogous

#48C6C1 #488CC6 #484DC6

triadic

#488CC6 #C6488C #8CC648

tetradic

#488CC6 #C148C6 #C68248 #4DC648

square

#488CC6 #C148C6 #C68248 #4DC648

split-complementary

#488CC6 #C6484D #C6C148

monochromatic

#234D71 #326D9F #488CC6 #77A9D5 #A5C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#488CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC6	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87add7',
    500: '#488cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc6;
$custom-light: #87add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.619,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62112,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC6

secondary

#D0B39A

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC6

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

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