#488CD3#488CD3

#488CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.128 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD3
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 0.88, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 42.83, 271.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0408 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.128 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8041, 24.8346, 65.1545)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD3 #D38F48

analogous

#48D2D3 #488CD3 #4948D3

triadic

#488CD3 #D3488C #8CD348

tetradic

#488CD3 #D348D2 #D38F48 #48D349

square

#488CD3 #D348D2 #D38F48 #48D349

split-complementary

#488CD3 #D34948 #D2D348

monochromatic

#1F4F81 #2B6DB3 #488CD3 #79ABDF #ABCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#488CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#488CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD3

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD3	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.128 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade1',
    500: '#488cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd3;
$custom-light: #89ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.647,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.628,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD3

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9643E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD3

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

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