#488EC6#488EC6

#488EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.110 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EC6
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -4.67, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 35.85, 262.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0466 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.11 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5347, 24.7987, 57.0142)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EC6 #C68048

analogous

#48C6BF #488EC6 #484FC6

triadic

#488EC6 #C6488E #8EC648

tetradic

#488EC6 #BF48C6 #C68048 #4FC648

square

#488EC6 #BF48C6 #C68048 #4FC648

split-complementary

#488EC6 #C6484F #C6BF48

monochromatic

#234E71 #326E9F #488EC6 #77ABD5 #A5C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#488EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#488EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EC6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EC6	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.110 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed7',
    500: '#488ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ec6;
$custom-light: #87aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EC6

secondary

#D0B29A

accent

#8C4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EC6

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

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