#488CDD#488CDD

#488CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CDD
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 4.32, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 47.83, 275.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0382 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.141 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0969, 25.3518, 71.9633)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CDD #DD9948

analogous

#48D7DD #488CDD #4E48DD

triadic

#488CDD #DD488C #8CDD48

tetradic

#488CDD #DD48D7 #DD9948 #48DD4E

square

#488CDD #DD48D7 #DD9948 #48DD4E

split-complementary

#488CDD #DD4E48 #D7DD48

monochromatic

#1B5090 #246DC3 #488CDD #7CACE7 #AFCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#488CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CDD

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CDD	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6892E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade8',
    500: '#488cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cdd;
$custom-light: #8aade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.617,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CDD

secondary

#DEC3A2

accent

#9C3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CDD

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

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