#488CCA#488CCA

#488CCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CCA
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -2.17, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 38.49, 266.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0433 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.117 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7073, 24.3959, 59.3779)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CCA #CA8648

analogous

#48CAC7 #488CCA #484BCA

triadic

#488CCA #CA488C #8CCA48

tetradic

#488CCA #C748CA #CA8648 #4BCA48

square

#488CCA #C748CA #CA8648 #4BCA48

split-complementary

#488CCA #CA484B #CAC748

monochromatic

#224E76 #306DA5 #488CCA #77AAD8 #A7C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488CCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#488CCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CCA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CCA	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adda',
    500: '#488cca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cca;
$custom-light: #87adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CCA

secondary

#D3B69B

accent

#9049DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CCA

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

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