#488AED#488AED

#488AED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.163 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AED
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 11.10, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 57.15, 281.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0328 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.163 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0415, 25.6662, 83.6333)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488AED #EDAB48

analogous

#48DDED #488AED #5848ED

triadic

#488AED #ED488A #8AED48

tetradic

#488AED #ED48DD #EDAB48 #48ED58

square

#488AED #ED48DD #EDAB48 #48ED58

split-complementary

#488AED #ED5848 #DDED48

monochromatic

#114EAA #1668E2 #488AED #80AEF2 #B7D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#488AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#488AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AED

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AED	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B93F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F84EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.163 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabf3',
    500: '#488aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aed;
$custom-light: #8dabf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63872,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AED

secondary

#E8CFA9

accent

#8807DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AED

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

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