#488AD5#488AD5

#488AD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.132 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD5
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 2.75, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 44.77, 273.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0382 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.132 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7668, 24.3564, 66.3866)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD5 #D59348

analogous

#48D0D5 #488AD5 #4C48D5

triadic

#488AD5 #D5488A #8AD548

tetradic

#488AD5 #D548D0 #D59348 #48D54C

square

#488AD5 #D548D0 #D59348 #48D54C

split-complementary

#488AD5 #D54C48 #D0D548

monochromatic

#1E4E84 #2A6BB6 #488AD5 #7AAAE0 #ACCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#488AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#488AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD5	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5581D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.132 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe2',
    500: '#488ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad5;
$custom-light: #89abe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD5

secondary

#DABE9F

accent

#9942E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD5

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

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