#488AD9#488AD9

#488AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.138 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AD9
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 4.13, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 46.80, 275.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0372 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.138 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2808, 24.5620, 69.0935)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AD9 #D99748

analogous

#48D2D9 #488AD9 #4F48D9

triadic

#488AD9 #D9488A #8AD948

tetradic

#488AD9 #D948D2 #D99748 #48D94F

square

#488AD9 #D948D2 #D99748 #48D94F

split-complementary

#488AD9 #D94F48 #D2D948

monochromatic

#1D4E8A #276BBD #488AD9 #7BAAE4 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AD9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AD9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.138 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe5',
    500: '#488ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ad9;
$custom-light: #8aabe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.69,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62689,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AD9

secondary

#DCC1A1

accent

#9B3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AD9

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

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