#488ADA#488ADA

#488ADA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.139 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ADA
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 36.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 4.47, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 47.30, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.037 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.139 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4112, 24.6141, 69.7806)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ADA #DA9848

analogous

#48D3DA #488ADA #4F48DA

triadic

#488ADA #DA488A #8ADA48

tetradic

#488ADA #DA48D3 #DA9848 #48DA4F

square

#488ADA #DA48D3 #DA9848 #48DA4F

split-complementary

#488ADA #DA4F48 #D3DA48

monochromatic

#1C4E8B #266BBE #488ADA #7BABE4 #AECBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#488ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ADA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ADA	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.139 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe6',
    500: '#488ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ada;
$custom-light: #8aabe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62746,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ADA

secondary

#DDC2A1

accent

#9C3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ADA

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

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