#488FBF#488FBF

#488FBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FBF
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -7.55, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 32.50, 256.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0499 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.102 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8954, 24.7821, 52.9096)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FBF #BF7848

analogous

#48BFB4 #488FBF #4854BF

triadic

#488FBF #BF488F #8FBF48

tetradic

#488FBF #B448BF #BF7848 #54BF48

square

#488FBF #B448BF #BF7848 #54BF48

split-complementary

#488FBF #BF4854 #BFB448

monochromatic

#244D68 #346E96 #488FBF #75ABCF #A3C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#488FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FBF

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FBF	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afd2',
    500: '#488fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fbf;
$custom-light: #86afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.202,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62456,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FBF

secondary

#CCAC97

accent

#8750D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FBF

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

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