#488DCB#488DCB

#488DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DCB
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -2.42, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 38.54, 266.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.044 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.117 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9729, 24.7370, 60.0524)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DCB #CB8648

analogous

#48CBC8 #488DCB #484CCB

triadic

#488DCB #CB488D #8DCB48

tetradic

#488DCB #C848CB #CB8648 #4CCB48

square

#488DCB #C848CB #CB8648 #4CCB48

split-complementary

#488DCB #CB484C #CBC848

monochromatic

#224F77 #2F6EA6 #488DCB #78ABD9 #A7C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#488DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DCB

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DCB	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aedb',
    500: '#488dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dcb;
$custom-light: #87aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.397,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DCB

secondary

#D3B69B

accent

#9049DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DCB

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

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