#488AD7#488AD7

#488AD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.135 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD7
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 35.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 3.44, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 45.78, 274.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0377 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.135 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0222, 24.4585, 67.7318)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD7 #D79548

analogous

#48D2D7 #488AD7 #4E48D7

triadic

#488AD7 #D7488A #8AD748

tetradic

#488AD7 #D748D2 #D79548 #48D74E

square

#488AD7 #D748D2 #D79548 #48D74E

split-complementary

#488AD7 #D74E48 #D2D748

monochromatic

#1E4E87 #296BB9 #488AD7 #7AAAE2 #ACCAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#488AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD7	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.135 253.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe4',
    500: '#488ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad7;
$custom-light: #89abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD7

secondary

#DBC0A0

accent

#9A41E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD7

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

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