#488DCC#488DCC

#488DCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DCC
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -2.08, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 39.01, 266.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0437 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.118 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0924, 24.7848, 60.6820)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DCC #CC8748

analogous

#48CCC9 #488DCC #484BCC

triadic

#488DCC #CC488D #8DCC48

tetradic

#488DCC #C948CC #CC8748 #4BCC48

square

#488DCC #C948CC #CC8748 #4BCC48

split-complementary

#488DCC #CC484B #CCC948

monochromatic

#214F78 #2F6EA8 #488DCC #78ABD9 #A8C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#488DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DCC

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DCC	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedc',
    500: '#488dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dcc;
$custom-light: #88aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DCC

secondary

#D4B79C

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DCC

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

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