#488EC3#488EC3

#488EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.107 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EC3
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -5.67, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 34.53, 260.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0475 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.107 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1921, 24.6617, 55.2098)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EC3 #C37D48

analogous

#48C3BB #488EC3 #4850C3

triadic

#488EC3 #C3488E #8EC348

tetradic

#488EC3 #BB48C3 #C37D48 #50C348

square

#488EC3 #BB48C3 #C37D48 #50C348

split-complementary

#488EC3 #C34850 #C3BB48

monochromatic

#244D6D #336E9B #488EC3 #76AAD2 #A4C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#488EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EC3

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EC3	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.107 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed5',
    500: '#488ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ec3;
$custom-light: #86aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.854,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62421,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EC3

secondary

#CEB099

accent

#8A4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EC3

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

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