#488ECC#488ECC

#488ECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECC
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -2.66, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 38.60, 266.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0448 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.118 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2405, 25.0810, 60.7314)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECC #CC8648

analogous

#48CCC8 #488ECC #484CCC

triadic

#488ECC #CC488E #8ECC48

tetradic

#488ECC #C848CC #CC8648 #4CCC48

square

#488ECC #C848CC #CC8648 #4CCC48

split-complementary

#488ECC #CC484C #CCC848

monochromatic

#214F78 #2F6FA8 #488ECC #78ACD9 #A8C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#488ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECC

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECC	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedc',
    500: '#488ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ecc;
$custom-light: #88aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62879,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECC

secondary

#D4B69C

accent

#8F48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECC

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

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