#488BD9#488BD9

#488BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.137 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488BD9
RGBrgb(72, 139, 217)
HSLhsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(56.93, 3.53, -46.17)
CIE-LCHlch(56.93, 46.30, 274.38°)
OKLaboklab(62.91% -0.0382 -0.1311)
OKLCHoklch(62.91% 0.137 253.8)
XYZxyz(24.4249, 24.8502, 69.1415)
Luminance0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488BD9 #D99648
analogous
#48D4D9 #488BD9 #4E48D9
triadic
#488BD9 #D9488B #8BD948
tetradic
#488BD9 #D948D4 #D99648 #48D94E
square
#488BD9 #D948D4 #D99648 #48D94E
split-complementary
#488BD9 #D94E48 #D4D948
monochromatic
#1D4F8A #276CBD #488BD9 #7BABE4 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52
#488BD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97
#488BD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BD9
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488BD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488BD91.003.525.975.97
#FFFFFF3.521.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9721.001.001.00
##0000005.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6890DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5482D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.137 253.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace5',
    500: '#488bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488bd9;
$custom-light: #8aace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.276,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488BD9
secondary
#DCC1A1
accent
#9A3FE9
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BD9

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#488BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva