#488EC5#488EC5

#488EC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.109 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EC5
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -5.00, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 35.41, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0469 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.109 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4198, 24.7527, 56.4087)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488EC5 #C57F48

analogous

#48C5BD #488EC5 #484FC5

triadic

#488EC5 #C5488E #8EC548

tetradic

#488EC5 #BD48C5 #C57F48 #4FC548

square

#488EC5 #BD48C5 #C57F48 #4FC548

split-complementary

#488EC5 #C5484F #C5BD48

monochromatic

#234E6F #326E9E #488EC5 #76ABD4 #A5C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#488EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EC5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EC5	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.109 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed7',
    500: '#488ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ec5;
$custom-light: #87aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62521,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EC5

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8B4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EC5

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

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