#488AE8#488AE8

#488AE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.157 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AE8
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 9.35, -53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 54.53, 279.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0338 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.157 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3212, 25.3781, 79.8396)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AE8 #E8A648

analogous

#48DAE8 #488AE8 #5648E8

triadic

#488AE8 #E8488A #8AE848

tetradic

#488AE8 #E848DA #E8A648 #48E856

square

#488AE8 #E848DA #E8A648 #48E856

split-complementary

#488AE8 #E85648 #DAE848

monochromatic

#144EA1 #1B69D8 #488AE8 #7EADEF #B5D0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#488AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AE8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AE8	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.157 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabf0',
    500: '#488ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ae8;
$custom-light: #8cabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63567,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AE8

secondary

#E5CBA7

accent

#A534F4

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AE8

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

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