#488CD8#488CD8

#488CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.134 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD8
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 2.60, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 45.31, 273.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0394 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.134 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4407, 25.0893, 68.5071)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD8 #D89448

analogous

#48D4D8 #488CD8 #4C48D8

triadic

#488CD8 #D8488C #8CD848

tetradic

#488CD8 #D848D4 #D89448 #48D84C

square

#488CD8 #D848D4 #D89448 #48D84C

split-complementary

#488CD8 #D84C48 #D4D848

monochromatic

#1D5089 #286DBB #488CD8 #7AACE3 #ADCBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#488CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#488CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD8

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD8	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.134 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade4',
    500: '#488cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd8;
$custom-light: #89ade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD8

secondary

#DBC0A0

accent

#9940E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD8

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

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