#488BD2#488BD2

#488BD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.128 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD2
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 1.13, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 42.80, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.04 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.128 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5337, 24.4937, 64.4478)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD2 #D28F48

analogous

#48D0D2 #488BD2 #4A48D2

triadic

#488BD2 #D2488B #8BD248

tetradic

#488BD2 #D248D0 #D28F48 #48D24A

square

#488BD2 #D248D0 #D28F48 #48D24A

split-complementary

#488BD2 #D24A48 #D0D248

monochromatic

#204E80 #2C6CB1 #488BD2 #79AADE #AAC9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#488BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#488BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD2

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD2	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.128 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace0',
    500: '#488bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd2;
$custom-light: #89ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.87,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62521,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD2

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9644E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD2

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

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