#488FC4#488FC4

#488FC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FC4
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 196)
HSL	hsl(206, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 27%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -5.91, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 34.61, 260.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0483 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.107 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4550, 25.0059, 55.8571)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FC4 #C47D48

analogous

#48C4BB #488FC4 #4851C4

triadic

#488FC4 #C4488F #8FC448

tetradic

#488FC4 #BB48C4 #C47D48 #51C448

square

#488FC4 #BB48C4 #C47D48 #51C448

split-complementary

#488FC4 #C44851 #C4BB48

monochromatic

#234E6E #326F9C #488FC4 #76ABD3 #A5C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#488FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FC4

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FC4	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd6',
    500: '#488fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fc4;
$custom-light: #87afd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.645,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FC4

secondary

#CFB099

accent

#8A4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FC4

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

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