#488DBC#488DBC

#488DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DBC
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -7.40, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 31.90, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0488 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.1 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2710, 24.0563, 51.0895)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DBC #BC7748

analogous

#48BCB1 #488DBC #4853BC

triadic

#488DBC #BC488D #8DBC48

tetradic

#488DBC #B148BC #BC7748 #53BC48

square

#488DBC #B148BC #BC7748 #53BC48

split-complementary

#488DBC #BC4853 #BCB148

monochromatic

#254B65 #356C92 #488DBC #75A9CC #A2C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#488DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DBC

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DBC	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aed0',
    500: '#488dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dbc;
$custom-light: #85aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61845,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DBC

secondary

#CAAB96

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DBC

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

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