#488AE7#488AE7

#488AE7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.156 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AE7
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 9.00, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 54.01, 279.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.034 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.156 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1795, 25.3215, 79.0936)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AE7 #E7A548

analogous

#48DAE7 #488AE7 #5548E7

triadic

#488AE7 #E7488A #8AE748

tetradic

#488AE7 #E748DA #E7A548 #48E755

square

#488AE7 #E748DA #E7A548 #48E755

split-complementary

#488AE7 #E75548 #DAE748

monochromatic

#154FA0 #1C69D6 #488AE7 #7EADEE #B4CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#488AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AE7

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AE7	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.156 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabef',
    500: '#488ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ae7;
$custom-light: #8cabef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AE7

secondary

#E4CBA6

accent

#A434F3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AE7

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

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