#488EB7#488EB7

#488EB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.094 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EB7
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -9.59, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 29.65, 251.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0516 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.094 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8895, 24.1406, 48.3493)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EB7 #B77148

analogous

#48B7A8 #488EB7 #4857B7

triadic

#488EB7 #B7488E #8EB748

tetradic

#488EB7 #A848B7 #B77148 #57B748

square

#488EB7 #A848B7 #B77148 #57B748

split-complementary

#488EB7 #B74857 #B7A848

monochromatic

#254A5F #376C8B #488EB7 #74A9C8 #A0C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#488EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#488EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EB7

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EB7	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.094 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcc',
    500: '#488eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eb7;
$custom-light: #85afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.162,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EB7

secondary

#C6A795

accent

#8355D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EB7

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

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