#488CD4#488CD4

#488CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.129 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD4
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 1.23, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 43.32, 271.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0405 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.129 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9299, 24.8849, 65.8167)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD4 #D49048

analogous

#48D2D4 #488CD4 #4A48D4

triadic

#488CD4 #D4488C #8CD448

tetradic

#488CD4 #D448D2 #D49048 #48D44A

square

#488CD4 #D448D2 #D49048 #48D44A

split-complementary

#488CD4 #D44A48 #D2D448

monochromatic

#1F4F83 #2A6DB4 #488CD4 #7AABE0 #ABCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#488CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#488CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD4

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD4	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.129 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade1',
    500: '#488cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd4;
$custom-light: #89ade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62855,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD4

secondary

#D9BD9F

accent

#9643E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD4

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

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