#488FBE#488FBE

#488FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FBE
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -7.88, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 32.09, 255.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0503 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.101 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7857, 24.7382, 52.3321)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FBE #BE7748

analogous

#48BEB2 #488FBE #4854BE

triadic

#488FBE #BE488F #8FBE48

tetradic

#488FBE #B248BE #BE7748 #54BE48

square

#488FBE #B248BE #BE7748 #54BE48

split-complementary

#488FBE #BE4854 #BEB248

monochromatic

#254D67 #356E94 #488FBE #75ABCE #A2C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#488FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FBE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FBE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 240.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FBE

secondary

#CBAC97

accent

#8651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FBE

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

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