#488AE2#488AE2

#488AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.149 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AE2
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 7.25, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 51.41, 278.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0351 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.149 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4834, 25.0430, 75.4275)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AE2 #E2A048

analogous

#48D7E2 #488AE2 #5348E2

triadic

#488AE2 #E2488A #8AE248

tetradic

#488AE2 #E248D7 #E2A048 #48E253

square

#488AE2 #E248D7 #E2A048 #48E253

split-complementary

#488AE2 #E25348 #D7E248

monochromatic

#184F98 #206ACC #488AE2 #7DACEA #B2CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#488AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AE2

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AE2	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.149 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babeb',
    500: '#488ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ae2;
$custom-light: #8babeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6321,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AE2

secondary

#E1C7A4

accent

#A138EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AE2

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

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