#488BD0#488BD0

#488BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.125 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD0
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 0.45, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 41.82, 270.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0406 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.125 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2861, 24.3947, 63.1437)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD0 #D08D48

analogous

#48CFD0 #488BD0 #4948D0

triadic

#488BD0 #D0488B #8BD048

tetradic

#488BD0 #D048CF #D08D48 #48D049

square

#488BD0 #D048CF #D08D48 #48D049

split-complementary

#488BD0 #D04948 #CFD048

monochromatic

#204E7D #2D6CAE #488BD0 #79AADD #A9C9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#488BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD0

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD0	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.125 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acde',
    500: '#488bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd0;
$custom-light: #88acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.441,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62412,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD0

secondary

#D7BA9D

accent

#9545E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD0

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

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