#488AD4#488AD4

#488AD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.131 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD4
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 2.41, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 44.27, 273.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0385 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.131 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6403, 24.3058, 65.7202)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD4 #D49248

analogous

#48D0D4 #488AD4 #4C48D4

triadic

#488AD4 #D4488A #8AD448

tetradic

#488AD4 #D448D0 #D49248 #48D44C

square

#488AD4 #D448D0 #D49248 #48D44C

split-complementary

#488AD4 #D44C48 #D0D448

monochromatic

#1F4E83 #2A6BB4 #488AD4 #7AAAE0 #ABC9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#488AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD4	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.131 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe1',
    500: '#488ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad4;
$custom-light: #89abe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD4

secondary

#D9BE9F

accent

#9943E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD4

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

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