#488BE2#488BE2

#488BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.148 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BE2
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 6.65, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 50.89, 277.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.036 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.148 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6276, 25.3313, 75.4756)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BE2 #E29F48

analogous

#48D8E2 #488BE2 #5248E2

triadic

#488BE2 #E2488B #8BE248

tetradic

#488BE2 #E248D8 #E29F48 #48E252

square

#488BE2 #E248D8 #E29F48 #48E252

split-complementary

#488BE2 #E25248 #D8E248

monochromatic

#185098 #206BCC #488BE2 #7DACEA #B2CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#488BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BE2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BE2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.148 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baceb',
    500: '#488be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488be2;
$custom-light: #8baceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.896,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63427,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BE2

secondary

#E1C7A4

accent

#A038EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BE2

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

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