#488CD2#488CD2

#488CD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.127 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD2
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 0.54, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 42.34, 270.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.041 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.127 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6791, 24.7846, 64.4963)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD2 #D28E48

analogous

#48D1D2 #488CD2 #4948D2

triadic

#488CD2 #D2488C #8CD248

tetradic

#488CD2 #D248D1 #D28E48 #48D249

square

#488CD2 #D248D1 #D28E48 #48D249

split-complementary

#488CD2 #D24948 #D1D248

monochromatic

#204F80 #2C6DB1 #488CD2 #79ABDE #AACAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#488CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#488CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD2	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.127 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade0',
    500: '#488cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd2;
$custom-light: #89ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62745,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD2

secondary

#D8BB9E

accent

#9544E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD2

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

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