#488DC6#488DC6

#488DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.111 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC6
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -4.09, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 36.24, 263.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0455 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.111 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3866, 24.5025, 56.9648)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC6 #C68148

analogous

#48C6C0 #488DC6 #484EC6

triadic

#488DC6 #C6488D #8DC648

tetradic

#488DC6 #C048C6 #C68148 #4EC648

square

#488DC6 #C048C6 #C68148 #4EC648

split-complementary

#488DC6 #C6484E #C6C048

monochromatic

#234D71 #326E9F #488DC6 #77AAD5 #A5C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#488DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC6

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC6	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.111 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed7',
    500: '#488dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc6;
$custom-light: #87aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.143,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62341,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC6

secondary

#D0B29A

accent

#8D4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC6

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

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