#488DC8#488DC8

#488DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DC8
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -3.42, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 37.15, 264.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0449 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.114 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6188, 24.5954, 58.1877)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DC8 #C88348

analogous

#48C8C3 #488DC8 #484DC8

triadic

#488DC8 #C8488D #8DC848

tetradic

#488DC8 #C348C8 #C88348 #4DC848

square

#488DC8 #C348C8 #C88348 #4DC848

split-complementary

#488DC8 #C8484D #C8C348

monochromatic

#234E73 #316EA2 #488DC8 #77AAD6 #A6C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#488DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DC8

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DC8	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed9',
    500: '#488dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dc8;
$custom-light: #87aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.656,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DC8

secondary

#D1B49A

accent

#8E4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DC8

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

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