#488CFA#488CFA

#488CFA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.178 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CFA
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 250)
HSL	hsl(217, 95%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 71%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 44%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 14.47, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 62.87, 283.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0321 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.178 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2997, 27.0328, 94.0976)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CFA #FAB648

analogous

#48E5FA #488CFA #5D48FA

triadic

#488CFA #FA488C #8CFA48

tetradic

#488CFA #FA48E5 #FAB648 #48FA5D

square

#488CFA #FA48E5 #FAB648 #48FA5D

split-complementary

#488CFA #FA5D48 #E5FA48

monochromatic

#054EC2 #0C67F8 #488CFA #84B1FC #BFD7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#488CFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#488CFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CFA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CFA	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5597FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3286F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.178 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadfc',
    500: '#488cfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cfa;
$custom-light: #8fadfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.079,
    "s": 94.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65105,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CFA

secondary

#EFD6AF

accent

#8E00E6

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FF

border

#CCCED7

text

#0E1018

muted

#7E7F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CFA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →