#488DBE#488DBE

#488DBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.102 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DBE
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -6.74, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 32.73, 258.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0481 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.102 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4881, 24.1431, 52.2329)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DBE #BE7948

analogous

#48BEB4 #488DBE #4852BE

triadic

#488DBE #BE488D #8DBE48

tetradic

#488DBE #B448BE #BE7948 #52BE48

square

#488DBE #B448BE #BE7948 #52BE48

split-complementary

#488DBE #BE4852 #BEB448

monochromatic

#254B67 #356C94 #488DBE #75A9CE #A2C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#488DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DBE

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DBE	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.102 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed1',
    500: '#488dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dbe;
$custom-light: #86aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.915,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61942,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DBE

secondary

#CBAC97

accent

#8851D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DBE

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

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