#488FBC#488FBC

#488FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.099 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FBC
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -8.53, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 31.30, 254.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0509 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.099 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5686, 24.6514, 51.1887)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FBC #BC7548

analogous

#48BCAF #488FBC #4855BC

triadic

#488FBC #BC488F #8FBC48

tetradic

#488FBC #AF48BC #BC7548 #55BC48

square

#488FBC #AF48BC #BC7548 #55BC48

split-complementary

#488FBC #BC4855 #BCAF48

monochromatic

#254C65 #356E92 #488FBC #75AACC #A2C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#488FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FBC

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FBC	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.099 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afd0',
    500: '#488fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fbc;
$custom-light: #85afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FBC

secondary

#CAAA96

accent

#8552D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FBC

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

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