#488CC8#488CC8

#488CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.114 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CC8
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -2.85, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 37.55, 265.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0439 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.114 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4720, 24.3018, 58.1388)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CC8 #C88448

analogous

#48C8C4 #488CC8 #484CC8

triadic

#488CC8 #C8488C #8CC848

tetradic

#488CC8 #C448C8 #C88448 #4CC848

square

#488CC8 #C448C8 #C88448 #4CC848

split-complementary

#488CC8 #C8484C #C8C448

monochromatic

#234D73 #316DA2 #488CC8 #77AAD6 #A6C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CC8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CC8	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.114 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87add9',
    500: '#488cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cc8;
$custom-light: #87add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62215,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CC8

secondary

#D1B49A

accent

#8F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CC8

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

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