#488BD7#488BD7

#488BD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BD7
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 2.84, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 45.29, 273.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0387 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.134 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1663, 24.7468, 67.7798)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BD7 #D79448

analogous

#48D3D7 #488BD7 #4D48D7

triadic

#488BD7 #D7488B #8BD748

tetradic

#488BD7 #D748D3 #D79448 #48D74D

square

#488BD7 #D748D3 #D79448 #48D74D

split-complementary

#488BD7 #D74D48 #D3D748

monochromatic

#1E4F87 #296CB9 #488BD7 #7AABE2 #ACCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#488BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD7

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BD7	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace3',
    500: '#488bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bd7;
$custom-light: #89ace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.888,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62798,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BD7

secondary

#DBBFA0

accent

#9941E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD7

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

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