#488CDC#488CDC

#488CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.139 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CDC
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 3.98, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 47.32, 274.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0384 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.139 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.9641, 25.2986, 71.2638)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CDC #DC9848

analogous

#48D6DC #488CDC #4E48DC

triadic

#488CDC #DC488C #8CDC48

tetradic

#488CDC #DC48D6 #DC9848 #48DC4E

square

#488CDC #DC48D6 #DC9848 #48DC4E

split-complementary

#488CDC #DC4E48 #D6DC48

monochromatic

#1B508E #256DC2 #488CDC #7BACE6 #AFCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#488CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CDC

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CDC	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.139 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade7',
    500: '#488cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cdc;
$custom-light: #8aade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63301,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CDC

secondary

#DEC2A2

accent

#9B3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CDC

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

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