#488EBF#488EBF

#488EBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.102 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EBF
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -6.99, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 32.82, 257.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0488 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.103 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7459, 24.4832, 52.8598)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EBF #BF7948

analogous

#48BFB5 #488EBF #4853BF

triadic

#488EBF #BF488E #8EBF48

tetradic

#488EBF #B548BF #BF7948 #53BF48

square

#488EBF #B548BF #BF7948 #53BF48

split-complementary

#488EBF #BF4853 #BFB548

monochromatic

#244C68 #346D96 #488EBF #75AACF #A3C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#488EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EBF

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EBF	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.102 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed2',
    500: '#488ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ebf;
$custom-light: #86aed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62224,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EBF

secondary

#CCAD97

accent

#8850D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EBF

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

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