#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
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 10.50, -55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 56.60, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0337 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.162 258)
XYZ	xyz(27.1856, 25.9545, 83.6813)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##488BED	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #488BED

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

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