#488ECA#488ECA

#488ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECA
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -3.33, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 37.67, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0454 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.115 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0022, 24.9857, 59.4762)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECA #CA8448

analogous

#48CAC5 #488ECA #484DCA

triadic

#488ECA #CA488E #8ECA48

tetradic

#488ECA #C548CA #CA8448 #4DCA48

square

#488ECA #C548CA #CA8448 #4DCA48

split-complementary

#488ECA #CA484D #CAC548

monochromatic

#224F76 #306FA5 #488ECA #77ABD8 #A7C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#488ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECA	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeda',
    500: '#488eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eca;
$custom-light: #87aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62775,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECA

secondary

#D3B59B

accent

#8E49DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECA

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

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