#488CFE#488CFE

#488CFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.183 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488CFE
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 254)
HSL	hsl(218, 99%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 44.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 15.88, -63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 64.98, 284.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0315 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.183 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9335, 27.2864, 97.4359)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488CFE #FEBA48

analogous

#48E7FE #488CFE #5F48FE

triadic

#488CFE #FE488C #8CFE48

tetradic

#488CFE #FE48E7 #FEBA48 #48FE5F

square

#488CFE #FE48E7 #FEBA48 #48FE5F

split-complementary

#488CFE #FE5F48 #E7FE48

monochromatic

#014CCA #0B66FE #488CFE #85B2FE #C2D9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#488CFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#488CFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488CFE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488CFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488CFE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5198FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A87FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488cfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.183 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90adff',
    500: '#488cfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488cfe;
$custom-light: #90adff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488cfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.582,
    "s": 98.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488CFE

secondary

#F1D9B1

accent

#9000E6

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FF

border

#CCCED7

text

#0E1018

muted

#7E7F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #488CFE

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

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