#488BDF#488BDF

#488BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.144 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BDF
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 5.61, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 49.35, 276.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0367 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.144 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2195, 25.1681, 73.3266)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488BDF #DF9C48

analogous

#48D7DF #488BDF #5048DF

triadic

#488BDF #DF488B #8BDF48

tetradic

#488BDF #DF48D7 #DF9C48 #48DF50

square

#488BDF #DF48D7 #DF9C48 #48DF50

split-complementary

#488BDF #DF5048 #D7DF48

monochromatic

#1A4F93 #236CC7 #488BDF #7CACE8 #B0CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#488BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BDF

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BDF	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.144 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace9',
    500: '#488bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bdf;
$custom-light: #8bace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.377,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BDF

secondary

#E0C5A3

accent

#9E3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BDF

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

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