#488FCB#488FCB

#488FCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FCB
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 203)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -3.57, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 37.73, 264.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0461 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.116 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2704, 25.3321, 60.1516)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FCB #CB8448

analogous

#48CBC6 #488FCB #484ECB

triadic

#488FCB #CB488F #8FCB48

tetradic

#488FCB #C648CB #CB8448 #4ECB48

square

#488FCB #C648CB #CB8448 #4ECB48

split-complementary

#488FCB #CB484E #CBC648

monochromatic

#225077 #2F70A6 #488FCB #78ACD9 #A7C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#488FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FCB

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FCB	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afdb',
    500: '#488fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fcb;
$custom-light: #88afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.481,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63055,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FCB

secondary

#D3B59B

accent

#8E49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FCB

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

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