#488BFE#488BFE

#488BFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.184 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BFE
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 254)
HSL	hsl(218, 99%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 16.48, -63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 65.55, 284.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0306 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.184 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7881, 26.9955, 97.3875)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488BFE #FEBB48

analogous

#48E6FE #488BFE #6048FE

triadic

#488BFE #FE488B #8BFE48

tetradic

#488BFE #FE48E6 #FEBB48 #48FE60

square

#488BFE #FE48E6 #FEBB48 #48FE60

split-complementary

#488BFE #FE6048 #E6FE48

monochromatic

#014BCA #0B64FE #488BFE #85B2FE #C2D8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#488BFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#488BFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BFE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BFE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F97FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2786FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488bfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.184 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90acff',
    500: '#488bfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488bfe;
$custom-light: #90acff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488bfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.912,
    "s": 98.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65154,
    "c": 0.18438,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BFE

secondary

#F1D9B1

accent

#9100E6

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FF

border

#CCCED7

text

#0E1018

muted

#7E7F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BFE

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

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