#488DC1#488DC1

#488DC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.105 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC1
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -5.76, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 34.02, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0471 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.105 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8194, 24.2756, 53.9775)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC1 #C17C48

analogous

#48C1B9 #488DC1 #4851C1

triadic

#488DC1 #C1488D #8DC148

tetradic

#488DC1 #B948C1 #C17C48 #51C148

square

#488DC1 #B948C1 #C17C48 #51C148

split-complementary

#488DC1 #C14851 #C1B948

monochromatic

#244C6B #346D98 #488DC1 #76A9D0 #A3C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC1	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.105 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed4',
    500: '#488dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc1;
$custom-light: #86aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.785,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC1

secondary

#CDAF98

accent

#8A4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC1

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

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