#488DBB#488DBB

#488DBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.099 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DBB
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -7.73, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 31.49, 255.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0491 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.099 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1636, 24.0133, 50.5238)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DBB #BB7648

analogous

#48BBAF #488DBB #4853BB

triadic

#488DBB #BB488D #8DBB48

tetradic

#488DBB #AF48BB #BB7648 #53BB48

square

#488DBB #AF48BB #BB7648 #53BB48

split-complementary

#488DBB #BB4853 #BBAF48

monochromatic

#254B64 #366C90 #488DBB #75A9CC #A1C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#488DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#488DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DBB

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DBB	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.099 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aecf',
    500: '#488dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dbb;
$custom-light: #85aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DBB

secondary

#C9AA96

accent

#8752D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DBB

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

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