#488BDA#488BDA

#488BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.138 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BDA
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 3.88, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 46.81, 274.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0379 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.138 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.5554, 24.9024, 69.8286)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BDA #DA9748

analogous

#48D4DA #488BDA #4E48DA

triadic

#488BDA #DA488B #8BDA48

tetradic

#488BDA #DA48D4 #DA9748 #48DA4E

square

#488BDA #DA48D4 #DA9748 #48DA4E

split-complementary

#488BDA #DA4E48 #D4DA48

monochromatic

#1C4F8B #266CBE #488BDA #7BABE4 #AECCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#488BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#488BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BDA

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BDA	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.138 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace6',
    500: '#488bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bda;
$custom-light: #8aace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.466,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BDA

secondary

#DDC1A1

accent

#9B3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BDA

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

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