#488DC0#488DC0

#488DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.104 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC0
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -6.09, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 33.58, 259.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0474 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.104 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7082, 24.2311, 53.3920)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC0 #C07B48

analogous

#48C0B7 #488DC0 #4851C0

triadic

#488DC0 #C0488D #8DC048

tetradic

#488DC0 #B748C0 #C07B48 #51C048

square

#488DC0 #B748C0 #C07B48 #51C048

split-complementary

#488DC0 #C04851 #C0B748

monochromatic

#244C69 #346D97 #488DC0 #76A9D0 #A3C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#488DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC0

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC0	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.104 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed3',
    500: '#488dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc0;
$custom-light: #86aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6204,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC0

secondary

#CCAE98

accent

#8A4FD8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC0

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

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