#488DCA#488DCA

#488DCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DCA
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -2.75, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 38.08, 265.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0443 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.116 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8541, 24.6895, 59.4268)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DCA #CA8548

analogous

#48CAC6 #488DCA #484CCA

triadic

#488DCA #CA488D #8DCA48

tetradic

#488DCA #C648CA #CA8548 #4CCA48

square

#488DCA #C648CA #CA8548 #4CCA48

split-complementary

#488DCA #CA484C #CAC648

monochromatic

#224E76 #306EA5 #488DCA #77ABD8 #A7C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#488DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DCA

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DCA	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeda',
    500: '#488dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dca;
$custom-light: #87aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.154,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62547,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DCA

secondary

#D3B59B

accent

#8F49DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DCA

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

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