#488EC1#488EC1

#488EC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.105 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EC1
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 193)
HSL	hsl(205, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -6.33, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 33.67, 259.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0482 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.105 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9675, 24.5718, 54.0269)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EC1 #C17B48

analogous

#48C1B8 #488EC1 #4852C1

triadic

#488EC1 #C1488E #8EC148

tetradic

#488EC1 #B848C1 #C17B48 #52C148

square

#488EC1 #B848C1 #C17B48 #52C148

split-complementary

#488EC1 #C14852 #C1B848

monochromatic

#244D6B #346E98 #488EC1 #76AAD0 #A3C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EC1

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EC1	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.105 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed4',
    500: '#488ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ec1;
$custom-light: #86aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.289,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62322,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EC1

secondary

#CDAE98

accent

#894FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EC1

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

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