#488DC5#488DC5

#488DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.110 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC5
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(207, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, -4.43, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 35.79, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0459 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.11 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2716, 24.4565, 56.3594)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC5 #C58048

analogous

#48C5BE #488DC5 #484EC5

triadic

#488DC5 #C5488D #8DC548

tetradic

#488DC5 #BE48C5 #C58048 #4EC548

square

#488DC5 #BE48C5 #C58048 #4EC548

split-complementary

#488DC5 #C5484E #C5BE48

monochromatic

#234D6F #326E9E #488DC5 #76AAD4 #A5C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#488DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC5

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC5	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.110 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed7',
    500: '#488dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc5;
$custom-light: #87aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.88,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC5

secondary

#CFB299

accent

#8C4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC5

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

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