#488BE1#488BE1

#488BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.147 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BE1
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 6.30, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 50.38, 277.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0363 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.147 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4908, 25.2766, 74.7550)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BE1 #E19E48

analogous

#48D8E1 #488BE1 #5148E1

triadic

#488BE1 #E1488B #8BE148

tetradic

#488BE1 #E148D8 #E19E48 #48E151

square

#488BE1 #E148D8 #E19E48 #48E151

split-complementary

#488BE1 #E15148 #D8E148

monochromatic

#195096 #216BCB #488BE1 #7DACEA #B1CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#488BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BE1

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BE1	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6491E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.147 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baceb',
    500: '#488be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488be1;
$custom-light: #8baceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.725,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BE1

secondary

#E1C6A4

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BE1

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

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