#488AD2#488AD2

#488AD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD2
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 1.72, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 43.27, 272.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.039 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.129 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3896, 24.2055, 64.3997)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD2 #D29048

analogous

#48CFD2 #488AD2 #4B48D2

triadic

#488AD2 #D2488A #8AD248

tetradic

#488AD2 #D248CF #D29048 #48D24B

square

#488AD2 #D248CF #D29048 #48D24B

split-complementary

#488AD2 #D24B48 #CFD248

monochromatic

#204E80 #2C6BB1 #488AD2 #79A9DE #AAC9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#488AD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD2	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe0',
    500: '#488ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad2;
$custom-light: #89abe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62297,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD2

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9744E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD2

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

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