#488ECD#488ECD

#488ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECD
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -2.32, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 39.06, 266.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0445 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.119 248)
XYZ	xyz(23.3608, 25.1292, 61.3651)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECD #CD8748

analogous

#48CDCA #488ECD #484CCD

triadic

#488ECD #CD488E #8ECD48

tetradic

#488ECD #CA48CD #CD8748 #4CCD48

square

#488ECD #CA48CD #CD8748 #4CCD48

split-complementary

#488ECD #CD484C #CDCA48

monochromatic

#215079 #2E6FA9 #488ECD #78ACDA #A8C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#488ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 248.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECD

secondary

#D5B79C

accent

#9047E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECD

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

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