#488EBC#488EBC

#488EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.099 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EBC
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -7.97, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 31.59, 255.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0498 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.099 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4192, 24.3525, 51.1389)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EBC #BC7648

analogous

#48BCB0 #488EBC #4854BC

triadic

#488EBC #BC488E #8EBC48

tetradic

#488EBC #B048BC #BC7648 #54BC48

square

#488EBC #B048BC #BC7648 #54BC48

split-complementary

#488EBC #BC4854 #BCB048

monochromatic

#254B65 #356D92 #488EBC #75AACC #A2C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#488EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EBC

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EBC	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.099 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd0',
    500: '#488ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ebc;
$custom-light: #85afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62079,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EBC

secondary

#CAAB96

accent

#8652D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EBC

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

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