#488CD0#488CD0

#488CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.124 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD0
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -0.14, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 41.36, 269.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0416 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.124 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4315, 24.6856, 63.1922)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD0 #D08C48

analogous

#48D0D0 #488CD0 #4848D0

triadic

#488CD0 #D0488C #8CD048

tetradic

#488CD0 #D048D0 #D08C48 #48D048

square

#488CD0 #D048D0 #D08C48 #48D048

split-complementary

#488CD0 #D04848 #D0D048

monochromatic

#204F7D #2D6DAE #488CD0 #79ABDD #A9C9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#488CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD0

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD0	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.124 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adde',
    500: '#488cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd0;
$custom-light: #88adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62637,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD0

secondary

#D7BA9D

accent

#9445E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD0

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

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