#488FC5#488FC5

#488FC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FC5
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 197)
HSL	hsl(206, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -5.58, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 35.04, 260.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.048 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.109 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5692, 25.0516, 56.4585)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FC5 #C57E48

analogous

#48C5BC #488FC5 #4850C5

triadic

#488FC5 #C5488F #8FC548

tetradic

#488FC5 #BC48C5 #C57E48 #50C548

square

#488FC5 #BC48C5 #C57E48 #50C548

split-complementary

#488FC5 #C54850 #C5BC48

monochromatic

#234E6F #326F9E #488FC5 #76ABD4 #A5C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#488FC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FC5

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FC5	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd7',
    500: '#488fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fc5;
$custom-light: #87afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.92,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FC5

secondary

#CFB199

accent

#8A4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FC5

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

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