#488FC6#488FC6

#488FC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FC6
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 198)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -5.24, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 35.48, 261.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0477 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.11 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6842, 25.0976, 57.0640)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FC6 #C67F48

analogous

#48C6BE #488FC6 #4850C6

triadic

#488FC6 #C6488F #8FC648

tetradic

#488FC6 #BE48C6 #C67F48 #50C648

square

#488FC6 #BE48C6 #C67F48 #50C648

split-complementary

#488FC6 #C64850 #C6BE48

monochromatic

#234F71 #326F9F #488FC6 #77ACD5 #A5C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488FC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#488FC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FC6

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FC6	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7790C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd7',
    500: '#488fc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fc6;
$custom-light: #87afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.19,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62801,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FC6

secondary

#D0B19A

accent

#8B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FC6

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

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