#488BD8#488BD8

#488BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.135 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488BD8
RGBrgb(72, 139, 216)
HSLhsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(56.88, 3.19, -45.69)
CIE-LCHlch(56.88, 45.80, 273.99°)
OKLaboklab(62.85% -0.0384 -0.1297)
OKLCHoklch(62.85% 0.135 253.5)
XYZxyz(24.2952, 24.7983, 68.4586)
Luminance0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488BD8 #D89548
analogous
#48D3D8 #488BD8 #4D48D8
triadic
#488BD8 #D8488B #8BD848
tetradic
#488BD8 #D848D3 #D89548 #48D84D
square
#488BD8 #D848D3 #D89548 #48D84D
split-complementary
#488BD8 #D84D48 #D3D848
monochromatic
#1D4F89 #286CBB #488BD8 #7AABE3 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52
#488BD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96
#488BD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD8
5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488BD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488BD81.003.525.965.96
#FFFFFF3.521.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9621.001.001.00
##0000005.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6990DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5482D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.135 253.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace4',
    500: '#488bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488bd8;
$custom-light: #89ace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488BD8
secondary
#DBC0A0
accent
#9A40E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD8

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#488BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva