#488BD1#488BD1

#488BD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD1
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 209)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 0.79, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 42.31, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0403 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.126 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4095, 24.4440, 63.7937)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD1 #D18E48

analogous

#48CFD1 #488BD1 #4A48D1

triadic

#488BD1 #D1488B #8BD148

tetradic

#488BD1 #D148CF #D18E48 #48D14A

square

#488BD1 #D148CF #D18E48 #48D14A

split-complementary

#488BD1 #D14A48 #CFD148

monochromatic

#204E7F #2C6CB0 #488BD1 #79AADD #AAC9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#488BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#488BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD1

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD1	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdf',
    500: '#488bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd1;
$custom-light: #88acdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.657,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD1

secondary

#D7BB9E

accent

#9645E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD1

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

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