#488FC8#488FC8

#488FC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FC8
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -4.58, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 36.37, 262.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.047 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.112 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9164, 25.1905, 58.2869)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FC8 #C88148

analogous

#48C8C1 #488FC8 #484FC8

triadic

#488FC8 #C8488F #8FC848

tetradic

#488FC8 #C148C8 #C88148 #4FC848

square

#488FC8 #C148C8 #C88148 #4FC848

split-complementary

#488FC8 #C8484F #C8C148

monochromatic

#234F73 #3170A2 #488FC8 #77ACD6 #A6C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#488FC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FC8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FC8	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd9',
    500: '#488fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fc8;
$custom-light: #87afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.719,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62902,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FC8

secondary

#D1B39A

accent

#8C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FC8

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

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