#488DC7#488DC7

#488DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.112 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC7
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -3.76, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 36.69, 264.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0452 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.112 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5023, 24.5488, 57.5743)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC7 #C78248

analogous

#48C7C2 #488DC7 #484DC7

triadic

#488DC7 #C7488D #8DC748

tetradic

#488DC7 #C248C7 #C78248 #4DC748

square

#488DC7 #C248C7 #C78248 #4DC748

split-complementary

#488DC7 #C7484D #C7C248

monochromatic

#234E72 #316EA1 #488DC7 #77AAD5 #A6C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC7

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC7	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.112 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed8',
    500: '#488dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc7;
$custom-light: #87aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.402,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62392,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC7

secondary

#D1B39A

accent

#8E4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →