#488CE2#488CE2

#488CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.147 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CE2
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 6.06, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 50.38, 276.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.037 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.147 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7730, 25.6222, 75.5241)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CE2 #E29E48

analogous

#48D9E2 #488CE2 #5148E2

triadic

#488CE2 #E2488C #8CE248

tetradic

#488CE2 #E248D9 #E29E48 #48E251

square

#488CE2 #E248D9 #E29E48 #48E251

split-complementary

#488CE2 #E25148 #D9E248

monochromatic

#185098 #206CCC #488CE2 #7DADEA #B2CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#488CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#488CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CE2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CE2	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6592E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.147 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badeb',
    500: '#488ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ce2;
$custom-light: #8badeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.506,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63645,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CE2

secondary

#E1C6A4

accent

#9F38EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CE2

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

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