#488DC2#488DC2

#488DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC2
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -5.42, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 34.45, 260.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0468 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.107 244)
XYZ	xyz(21.9313, 24.3204, 54.5670)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC2 #C27D48

analogous

#48C2BA #488DC2 #4850C2

triadic

#488DC2 #C2488D #8DC248

tetradic

#488DC2 #BA48C2 #C27D48 #50C248

square

#488DC2 #BA48C2 #C27D48 #50C248

split-complementary

#488DC2 #C24850 #C2BA48

monochromatic

#244D6C #336D9A #488DC2 #76AAD1 #A4C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC2

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC2	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#768EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed4',
    500: '#488dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc2;
$custom-light: #86aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.24323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC2

secondary

#CEAF98

accent

#8B4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC2

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

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