#488BD6#488BD6

#488BD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.133 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD6
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 2.50, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 44.79, 273.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.039 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.133 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0383, 24.6956, 67.1052)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD6 #D69348

analogous

#48D2D6 #488BD6 #4C48D6

triadic

#488BD6 #D6488B #8BD648

tetradic

#488BD6 #D648D2 #D69348 #48D64C

square

#488BD6 #D648D2 #D69348 #48D64C

split-complementary

#488BD6 #D64C48 #D2D648

monochromatic

#1E4F86 #296CB8 #488BD6 #7AABE1 #ACCAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#488BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#488BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD6

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD6	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.133 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace3',
    500: '#488bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd6;
$custom-light: #89ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.69,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD6

secondary

#DABFA0

accent

#9941E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD6

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

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