#488AD6#488AD6

#488AD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.134 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD6
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 3.09, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 45.28, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.038 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.134 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8941, 24.4073, 67.0571)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD6 #D69448

analogous

#48D1D6 #488AD6 #4D48D6

triadic

#488AD6 #D6488A #8AD648

tetradic

#488AD6 #D648D1 #D69448 #48D64D

square

#488AD6 #D648D1 #D69448 #48D64D

split-complementary

#488AD6 #D64D48 #D1D648

monochromatic

#1E4E86 #296BB8 #488AD6 #7AAAE1 #ACCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#488AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD6	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.134 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe3',
    500: '#488ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad6;
$custom-light: #89abe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD6

secondary

#DABFA0

accent

#9A41E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD6

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

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