#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
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 3.19, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 45.80, 273.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0384 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.135 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2952, 24.7983, 68.4586)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##488BD8	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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