#488EBE#488EBE

#488EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.101 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EBE
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -7.31, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 32.41, 256.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0492 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.101 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.6363, 24.4393, 52.2822)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488EBE #BE7848

analogous

#48BEB3 #488EBE #4853BE

triadic

#488EBE #BE488E #8EBE48

tetradic

#488EBE #B348BE #BE7848 #53BE48

square

#488EBE #B348BE #BE7848 #53BE48

split-complementary

#488EBE #BE4853 #BEB348

monochromatic

#254C67 #356D94 #488EBE #75AACE #A2C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#488EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EBE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EBE	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.101 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afd1',
    500: '#488ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ebe;
$custom-light: #86afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62175,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.24441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EBE

secondary

#CBAC97

accent

#8751D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EBE

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

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