#488CD7#488CD7

#488CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.133 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD7
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 2.25, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 44.81, 272.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0397 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.133 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3118, 25.0377, 67.8283)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD7 #D79348

analogous

#48D3D7 #488CD7 #4C48D7

triadic

#488CD7 #D7488C #8CD748

tetradic

#488CD7 #D748D3 #D79348 #48D74C

square

#488CD7 #D748D3 #D79348 #48D74C

split-complementary

#488CD7 #D74C48 #D3D748

monochromatic

#1E5087 #296DB9 #488CD7 #7AACE2 #ACCBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#488CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD7

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD7	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.133 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade3',
    500: '#488cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd7;
$custom-light: #89ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.469,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6302,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD7

secondary

#DBBFA0

accent

#9841E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD7

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

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