#488AD3#488AD3

#488AD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.130 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD3
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 211)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 2.06, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 43.77, 272.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0387 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.13 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5145, 24.2555, 65.0579)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD3 #D39148

analogous

#48CFD3 #488AD3 #4C48D3

triadic

#488AD3 #D3488A #8AD348

tetradic

#488AD3 #D348CF #D39148 #48D34C

square

#488AD3 #D348CF #D39148 #48D34C

split-complementary

#488AD3 #D34C48 #CFD348

monochromatic

#1F4E81 #2B6BB3 #488AD3 #79AADF #ABC9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#488AD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#488AD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD3	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.130 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe1',
    500: '#488ad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad3;
$custom-light: #89abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.511,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD3

secondary

#D8BD9E

accent

#9843E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD3

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

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