#488FB8#488FB8

#488FB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FB8
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -9.83, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 29.77, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0523 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.094 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1434, 24.4813, 48.9492)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FB8 #B87148

analogous

#48B8A9 #488FB8 #4857B8

triadic

#488FB8 #B8488F #8FB848

tetradic

#488FB8 #A948B8 #B87148 #57B848

square

#488FB8 #A948B8 #B87148 #57B848

split-complementary

#488FB8 #B84857 #B8A948

monochromatic

#254B60 #366D8C #488FB8 #74AAC9 #A0C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#488FB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FB8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FB8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcd',
    500: '#488fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fb8;
$custom-light: #85afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.964,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62124,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FB8

secondary

#C7A795

accent

#8354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FB8

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

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