#488EBB#488EBB

#488EBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EBB
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -8.29, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 31.19, 254.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0502 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.098 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3117, 24.3095, 50.5732)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EBB #BB7548

analogous

#48BBAE #488EBB #4854BB

triadic

#488EBB #BB488E #8EBB48

tetradic

#488EBB #AE48BB #BB7548 #54BB48

square

#488EBB #AE48BB #BB7548 #54BB48

split-complementary

#488EBB #BB4854 #BBAE48

monochromatic

#254B64 #366D90 #488EBB #75AACC #A1C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EBB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EBB	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcf',
    500: '#488ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ebb;
$custom-light: #85afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EBB

secondary

#C9AA96

accent

#8652D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EBB

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

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