#488CEC#488CEC

#488CEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CEC
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 9.55, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 55.54, 279.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0348 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.16 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1854, 26.1871, 82.9625)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CEC #ECA848

analogous

#48DEEC #488CEC #5648EC

triadic

#488CEC #EC488C #8CEC48

tetradic

#488CEC #EC48DE #ECA848 #48EC56

square

#488CEC #EC48DE #ECA848 #48EC56

split-complementary

#488CEC #EC5648 #DEEC48

monochromatic

#1150A8 #176AE0 #488CEC #7FAFF2 #B7D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#488CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#488CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CEC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CEC	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4485EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf3',
    500: '#488cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cec;
$custom-light: #8dadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64238,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CEC

secondary

#E7CDA9

accent

#8508DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CEC

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

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