#488CDA#488CDA

#488CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.137 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CDA
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 3.29, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 46.31, 274.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0389 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.137 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7008, 25.1933, 69.8771)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CDA #DA9648

analogous

#48D5DA #488CDA #4D48DA

triadic

#488CDA #DA488C #8CDA48

tetradic

#488CDA #DA48D5 #DA9648 #48DA4D

square

#488CDA #DA48D5 #DA9648 #48DA4D

split-complementary

#488CDA #DA4D48 #D5DA48

monochromatic

#1C508B #266DBE #488CDA #7BACE4 #AECCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#488CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CDA

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CDA	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.137 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade6',
    500: '#488cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cda;
$custom-light: #8aade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.055,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63188,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CDA

secondary

#DDC1A1

accent

#9A3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CDA

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

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