#488BD5#488BD5

#488BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.131 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD5
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 2.16, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 44.29, 272.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0392 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.131 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9109, 24.6446, 66.4347)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD5 #D59248

analogous

#48D2D5 #488BD5 #4B48D5

triadic

#488BD5 #D5488B #8BD548

tetradic

#488BD5 #D548D2 #D59248 #48D54B

square

#488BD5 #D548D2 #D59248 #48D54B

split-complementary

#488BD5 #D54B48 #D2D548

monochromatic

#1E4F84 #2A6CB6 #488BD5 #7AABE0 #ACCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#488BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD5

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD5	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.131 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace2',
    500: '#488bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd5;
$custom-light: #89ace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.489,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD5

secondary

#DABE9F

accent

#9842E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD5

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

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