#488CCD#488CCD

#488CCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.121 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CCD
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -1.16, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 39.92, 268.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0424 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.121 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0659, 24.5394, 61.2668)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CCD #CD8948

analogous

#48CDCC #488CCD #484ACD

triadic

#488CCD #CD488C #8CCD48

tetradic

#488CCD #CC48CD #CD8948 #4ACD48

square

#488CCD #CC48CD #CD8948 #4ACD48

split-complementary

#488CCD #CD484A #CDCC48

monochromatic

#214E79 #2E6DA9 #488CCD #78AADA #A8C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CCD

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CCD	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.121 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addc',
    500: '#488ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ccd;
$custom-light: #88addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62477,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CCD

secondary

#D5B89C

accent

#9247E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CCD

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

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