#488BD3#488BD3

#488BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.129 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD3
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 1.47, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 43.30, 271.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0397 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.129 252)
XYZ	xyz(23.6587, 24.5437, 65.1060)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD3 #D39048

analogous

#48D0D3 #488BD3 #4A48D3

triadic

#488BD3 #D3488B #8BD348

tetradic

#488BD3 #D348D0 #D39048 #48D34A

square

#488BD3 #D348D0 #D39048 #48D34A

split-complementary

#488BD3 #D34A48 #D0D348

monochromatic

#1F4F81 #2B6CB3 #488BD3 #79AADF #ABCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#488BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD3

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD3	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5882D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.129 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace1',
    500: '#488bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd3;
$custom-light: #89ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.079,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.24546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD3

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9743E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD3

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

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