#488EC9#488EC9

#488EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EC9
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, -3.67, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 37.21, 264.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0457 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.114 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8842, 24.9385, 58.8546)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EC9 #C98348

analogous

#48C9C3 #488EC9 #484DC9

triadic

#488EC9 #C9488E #8EC948

tetradic

#488EC9 #C348C9 #C98348 #4DC948

square

#488EC9 #C348C9 #C98348 #4DC948

split-complementary

#488EC9 #C9484D #C9C348

monochromatic

#224F74 #306FA4 #488EC9 #77ABD7 #A7C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#488EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#488EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EC9

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EC9	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed9',
    500: '#488ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ec9;
$custom-light: #87aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62724,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EC9

secondary

#D2B49B

accent

#8E4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EC9

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

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