#488CD6#488CD6

#488CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.132 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD6
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 1.91, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 44.31, 272.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.04 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.132 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1837, 24.9865, 67.1537)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD6 #D69248

analogous

#48D3D6 #488CD6 #4B48D6

triadic

#488CD6 #D6488C #8CD648

tetradic

#488CD6 #D648D3 #D69248 #48D64B

square

#488CD6 #D648D3 #D69248 #48D64B

split-complementary

#488CD6 #D64B48 #D3D648

monochromatic

#1E5086 #296DB8 #488CD6 #7AABE1 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#488CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD6

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD6	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.132 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade3',
    500: '#488cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd6;
$custom-light: #89ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62965,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD6

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9741E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD6

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

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