#488CD9#488CD9

#488CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CD9
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 2.94, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 45.81, 273.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0392 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.136 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5704, 25.1411, 69.1900)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CD9 #D99548

analogous

#48D5D9 #488CD9 #4D48D9

triadic

#488CD9 #D9488C #8CD948

tetradic

#488CD9 #D948D5 #D99548 #48D94D

square

#488CD9 #D948D5 #D99548 #48D94D

split-complementary

#488CD9 #D94D48 #D5D948

monochromatic

#1D508A #276DBD #488CD9 #7BACE4 #ADCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#488CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CD9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CD9	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade5',
    500: '#488cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cd9;
$custom-light: #8aade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.862,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CD9

secondary

#DCC0A1

accent

#993FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CD9

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

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