#488AE3#488AE3

#488AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.150 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AE3
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 7.60, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 51.93, 278.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0349 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.15 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6211, 25.0981, 76.1523)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AE3 #E3A148

analogous

#48D7E3 #488AE3 #5348E3

triadic

#488AE3 #E3488A #8AE348

tetradic

#488AE3 #E348D7 #E3A148 #48E353

square

#488AE3 #E348D7 #E3A148 #48E353

split-complementary

#488AE3 #E35348 #D7E348

monochromatic

#174F99 #206ACE #488AE3 #7DACEB #B2CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#488AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AE3

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AE3	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.150 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babec',
    500: '#488ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ae3;
$custom-light: #8babec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.452,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AE3

secondary

#E2C8A5

accent

#A238F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AE3

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

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