#488FBA#488FBA

#488FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FBA
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 186)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -9.18, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 30.52, 252.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0516 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.097 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3545, 24.5657, 50.0611)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FBA #BA7348

analogous

#48BAAC #488FBA #4856BA

triadic

#488FBA #BA488F #8FBA48

tetradic

#488FBA #AC48BA #BA7348 #56BA48

square

#488FBA #AC48BA #BA7348 #56BA48

split-complementary

#488FBA #BA4856 #BAAC48

monochromatic

#254B62 #366D8F #488FBA #74AACB #A1C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FBA

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FBA	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afcf',
    500: '#488fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fba;
$custom-light: #85afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.632,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62218,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FBA

secondary

#C8A996

accent

#8453D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FBA

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

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