#488CCE#488CCE

#488CCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CCE
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -0.82, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 40.40, 268.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0421 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.122 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1870, 24.5878, 61.9045)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CCE #CE8A48

analogous

#48CECD #488CCE #4849CE

triadic

#488CCE #CE488C #8CCE48

tetradic

#488CCE #CD48CE #CE8A48 #49CE48

square

#488CCE #CD48CE #CE8A48 #49CE48

split-complementary

#488CCE #CE4849 #CECD48

monochromatic

#214E7B #2E6DAB #488CCE #78AADB #A9C9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#488CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CCE

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CCE	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addd',
    500: '#488cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cce;
$custom-light: #88addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6253,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CCE

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9347E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CCE

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

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