#488CE0#488CE0

#488CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.145 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CE0
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 5.36, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 49.35, 276.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0375 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.145 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.5002, 25.5131, 74.0872)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CE0 #E09C48

analogous

#48D8E0 #488CE0 #5048E0

triadic

#488CE0 #E0488C #8CE048

tetradic

#488CE0 #E048D8 #E09C48 #48E050

square

#488CE0 #E048D8 #E09C48 #48E050

split-complementary

#488CE0 #E05048 #D8E048

monochromatic

#195094 #226DC9 #488CE0 #7CADE9 #B1CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#488CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#488CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CE0

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CE0	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.145 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badea',
    500: '#488ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ce0;
$custom-light: #8badea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CE0

secondary

#E0C5A4

accent

#9D3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CE0

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

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