#488DCD#488DCD

#488DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DCD
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -1.74, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 39.49, 267.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0434 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.12 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2127, 24.8329, 61.3157)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DCD #CD8848

analogous

#48CDCB #488DCD #484BCD

triadic

#488DCD #CD488D #8DCD48

tetradic

#488DCD #CB48CD #CD8848 #4BCD48

square

#488DCD #CB48CD #CD8848 #4BCD48

split-complementary

#488DCD #CD484B #CDCB48

monochromatic

#214F79 #2E6EA9 #488DCD #78ABDA #A8C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#488DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#488DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DCD

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DCD	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 248.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62704,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DCD

secondary

#D5B79C

accent

#9147E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DCD

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

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