#488ECE#488ECE

#488ECE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECE
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -1.99, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 39.53, 267.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0442 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.12 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4819, 25.1776, 62.0028)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECE #CE8848

analogous

#48CECB #488ECE #484BCE

triadic

#488ECE #CE488E #8ECE48

tetradic

#488ECE #CB48CE #CE8848 #4BCE48

square

#488ECE #CB48CE #CE8848 #4BCE48

split-complementary

#488ECE #CE484B #CECB48

monochromatic

#21507B #2E6FAB #488ECE #78ACDB #A9CAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#488ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECE

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedd',
    500: '#488ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ece;
$custom-light: #88aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECE

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#9047E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECE

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

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