#488FB7#488FB7

#488FB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB7
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 183)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -10.15, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 29.40, 249.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0527 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.093 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0389, 24.4395, 48.3991)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB7 #B77048

analogous

#48B7A8 #488FB7 #4857B7

triadic

#488FB7 #B7488F #8FB748

tetradic

#488FB7 #A848B7 #B77048 #57B748

square

#488FB7 #A848B7 #B77048 #57B748

split-complementary

#488FB7 #B74857 #B7A848

monochromatic

#254A5F #376D8B #488FB7 #74AAC8 #A0C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488FB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#488FB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB7	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcc',
    500: '#488fb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb7;
$custom-light: #85afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.622,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB7

secondary

#C6A695

accent

#8255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB7

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

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