#488AEF#488AEF

#488AEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.166 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488AEF
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 11.80, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 58.20, 281.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0324 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.166 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3353, 25.7838, 85.1808)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488AEF #EFAD48

analogous

#48DEEF #488AEF #5948EF

triadic

#488AEF #EF488A #8AEF48

tetradic

#488AEF #EF48DE #EFAD48 #48EF59

square

#488AEF #EF48DE #EFAD48 #48EF59

split-complementary

#488AEF #EF5948 #DEEF48

monochromatic

#0F4EAD #1467E6 #488AEF #80AEF4 #B9D2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#488AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#488AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488AEF

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488AEF	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5993F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C84ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.166 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabf5',
    500: '#488aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488aef;
$custom-light: #8dabf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.287,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488AEF

secondary

#E9D0AA

accent

#8A05E0

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FE

border

#CCCED6

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488AEF

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

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