#488BED#488BED

#488BED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.162 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488BED
RGBrgb(72, 139, 237)
HSLhsl(216, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(216, 70%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(57.99, 10.50, -55.62)
CIE-LCHlch(57.99, 56.60, 280.69°)
OKLaboklab(64.09% -0.0337 -0.1588)
OKLCHoklch(64.09% 0.162 258)
XYZxyz(27.1856, 25.9545, 83.6813)
Luminance0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488BED #EDAA48
analogous
#48DEED #488BED #5748ED
triadic
#488BED #ED488B #8BED48
tetradic
#488BED #ED48DE #EDAA48 #48ED57
square
#488BED #ED48DE #EDAA48 #48ED57
split-complementary
#488BED #ED5748 #DEED48
monochromatic
#114FAA #1669E2 #488BED #80AEF2 #B7D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#488BED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19
#488BED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BED
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488BED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488BED1.003.396.196.19
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1921.001.001.00
##0000006.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C94F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4184EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A2B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.162 258.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacf3',
    500: '#488bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488bed;
$custom-light: #8dacf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.636,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64085,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.25957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488BED
secondary
#E8CEA9
accent
#8707DE
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1017
muted
#7E7F85

Preview Lab

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