#488DC4#488DC4

#488DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.109 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC4
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -4.76, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 35.34, 262.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0462 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.109 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1574, 24.4108, 55.7579)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC4 #C47F48

analogous

#48C4BD #488DC4 #484FC4

triadic

#488DC4 #C4488D #8DC448

tetradic

#488DC4 #BD48C4 #C47F48 #4FC448

square

#488DC4 #BD48C4 #C47F48 #4FC448

split-complementary

#488DC4 #C4484F #C4BD48

monochromatic

#234D6E #326D9C #488DC4 #76AAD3 #A5C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#488DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC4

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC4	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.109 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed6',
    500: '#488dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc4;
$custom-light: #86aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.613,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6224,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC4

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8C4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC4

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

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