#488FC9#488FC9

#488FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FC9
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(207, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -4.24, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 36.82, 263.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0467 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.113 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0336, 25.2374, 58.9044)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FC9 #C98248

analogous

#48C9C2 #488FC9 #484EC9

triadic

#488FC9 #C9488F #8FC948

tetradic

#488FC9 #C248C9 #C98248 #4EC948

square

#488FC9 #C248C9 #C98248 #4EC948

split-complementary

#488FC9 #C9484E #C9C248

monochromatic

#224F74 #3070A4 #488FC9 #77ACD7 #A7C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#488FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FC9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FC9	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd9',
    500: '#488fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fc9;
$custom-light: #87afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.977,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FC9

secondary

#D2B49B

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FC9

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

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