#488BD4#488BD4

#488BD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.130 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD4
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 1.81, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 43.79, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0395 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.13 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7844, 24.5940, 65.7683)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD4 #D49148

analogous

#48D1D4 #488BD4 #4B48D4

triadic

#488BD4 #D4488B #8BD448

tetradic

#488BD4 #D448D1 #D49148 #48D44B

square

#488BD4 #D448D1 #D49148 #48D44B

split-complementary

#488BD4 #D44B48 #D1D448

monochromatic

#1F4F83 #2A6CB4 #488BD4 #7AAAE0 #ABCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#488BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#488BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD4	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.130 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace1',
    500: '#488bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd4;
$custom-light: #89ace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD4

secondary

#D9BD9F

accent

#9743E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD4

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

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