#488CE5#488CE5

#488CE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.151 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CE5
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 7.10, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 51.92, 277.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0363 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.151 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1883, 25.7883, 77.7110)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CE5 #E5A148

analogous

#48DBE5 #488CE5 #5348E5

triadic

#488CE5 #E5488C #8CE548

tetradic

#488CE5 #E548DB #E5A148 #48E553

square

#488CE5 #E548DB #E5A148 #48E553

split-complementary

#488CE5 #E55348 #DBE548

monochromatic

#16509C #1E6CD2 #488CE5 #7EAEED #B3CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#488CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#488CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CE5

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CE5	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.151 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadee',
    500: '#488ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ce5;
$custom-light: #8cadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.013,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6382,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CE5

secondary

#E3C9A6

accent

#A036F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CE5

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

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