#488AD8#488AD8

#488AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.136 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD8
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 3.78, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 46.29, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0375 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.136 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.1511, 24.5101, 68.4106)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD8 #D89648

analogous

#48D2D8 #488AD8 #4E48D8

triadic

#488AD8 #D8488A #8AD848

tetradic

#488AD8 #D848D2 #D89648 #48D84E

square

#488AD8 #D848D2 #D89648 #48D84E

split-complementary

#488AD8 #D84E48 #D2D848

monochromatic

#1D4E89 #286BBB #488AD8 #7AAAE3 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#488AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.136 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abe4',
    500: '#488ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad8;
$custom-light: #89abe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD8

secondary

#DBC0A0

accent

#9B40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD8

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

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