#488AD0#488AD0

#488AD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.126 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD0
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 33.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 1.04, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 42.28, 271.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0395 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.126 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1419, 24.1064, 63.0957)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD0 #D08E48

analogous

#48CED0 #488AD0 #4A48D0

triadic

#488AD0 #D0488A #8AD048

tetradic

#488AD0 #D048CE #D08E48 #48D04A

square

#488AD0 #D048CE #D08E48 #48D04A

split-complementary

#488AD0 #D04A48 #CED048

monochromatic

#204D7D #2D6BAE #488AD0 #79A9DD #A9C8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#488AD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#488AD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD0	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5981CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.126 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abde',
    500: '#488ad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad0;
$custom-light: #88abde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62188,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD0

secondary

#D7BB9D

accent

#9645E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD0

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

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