#488CDB#488CDB

#488CDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.138 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CDB
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 3.63, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 46.82, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0387 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.138 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8321, 25.2458, 70.5683)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CDB #DB9748

analogous

#48D5DB #488CDB #4E48DB

triadic

#488CDB #DB488C #8CDB48

tetradic

#488CDB #DB48D5 #DB9748 #48DB4E

square

#488CDB #DB48D5 #DB9748 #48DB4E

split-complementary

#488CDB #DB4E48 #D5DB48

monochromatic

#1C508D #266DC0 #488CDB #7BACE5 #AECCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#488CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CDB

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CDB	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.138 253.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.245,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63244,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CDB

secondary

#DDC2A2

accent

#9A3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CDB

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

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