#488ECF#488ECF

#488ECF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.121 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ECF
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 207)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -1.65, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 40.01, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0439 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.121 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6038, 25.2263, 62.6446)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ECF #CF8948

analogous

#48CFCD #488ECF #484ACF

triadic

#488ECF #CF488E #8ECF48

tetradic

#488ECF #CD48CF #CF8948 #4ACF48

square

#488ECF #CD48CF #CF8948 #4ACF48

split-complementary

#488ECF #CF484A #CFCD48

monochromatic

#21507C #2D6FAD #488ECF #78ACDC #A9CAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#488ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ECF

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ECF	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.121 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aede',
    500: '#488ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ecf;
$custom-light: #88aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63036,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ECF

secondary

#D6B89D

accent

#9146E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ECF

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

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