#488ECB#488ECB

#488ECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECB
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -3.00, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 38.13, 265.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0451 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.116 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1210, 25.0332, 60.1017)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECB #CB8548

analogous

#48CBC7 #488ECB #484DCB

triadic

#488ECB #CB488E #8ECB48

tetradic

#488ECB #C748CB #CB8548 #4DCB48

square

#488ECB #C748CB #CB8548 #4DCB48

split-complementary

#488ECB #CB484D #CBC748

monochromatic

#224F77 #2F6FA6 #488ECB #78ABD9 #A7C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#488ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECB

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECB	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedb',
    500: '#488ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ecb;
$custom-light: #88aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.939,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62827,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECB

secondary

#D3B59B

accent

#8F49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECB

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

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