#488FBD#488FBD

#488FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FBD
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -8.21, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 31.69, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0506 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.1 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6768, 24.6946, 51.7584)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FBD #BD7648

analogous

#48BDB0 #488FBD #4854BD

triadic

#488FBD #BD488F #8FBD48

tetradic

#488FBD #B048BD #BD7648 #54BD48

square

#488FBD #B048BD #BD7648 #54BD48

split-complementary

#488FBD #BD4854 #BDB048

monochromatic

#254C66 #356E93 #488FBD #75ABCD #A2C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#488FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FBD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FBD	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afd1',
    500: '#488fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fbd;
$custom-light: #86afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.59,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6236,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FBD

secondary

#CAAB97

accent

#8651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FBD

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

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