#488CE9#488CE9

#488CE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.156 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CE9
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 8.50, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 53.98, 279.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0354 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.156 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7532, 26.0143, 80.6863)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CE9 #E9A548

analogous

#48DDE9 #488CE9 #5448E9

triadic

#488CE9 #E9488C #8CE948

tetradic

#488CE9 #E948DD #E9A548 #48E954

square

#488CE9 #E948DD #E9A548 #48E954

split-complementary

#488CE9 #E95448 #DDE948

monochromatic

#1450A3 #1A6BDA #488CE9 #7FAEF0 #B5D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#488CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#488CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CE9

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CE9	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6194ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4785E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.156 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadf0',
    500: '#488ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ce9;
$custom-light: #8cadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.658,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CE9

secondary

#E6CBA7

accent

#A333F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CE9

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

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