#488DD0#488DD0

#488DD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD0
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -0.73, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 40.92, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0426 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.123 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5783, 24.9792, 63.2411)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD0 #D08B48

analogous

#48D0CF #488DD0 #4849D0

triadic

#488DD0 #D0488D #8DD048

tetradic

#488DD0 #CF48D0 #D08B48 #49D048

square

#488DD0 #CF48D0 #D08B48 #49D048

split-complementary

#488DD0 #D04849 #D0CF48

monochromatic

#204F7D #2D6EAE #488DD0 #79ABDD #A9CAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#488DD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD0

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD0	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7090D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aede',
    500: '#488dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd0;
$custom-light: #88aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.559,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62863,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD0

secondary

#D7B99D

accent

#9345E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD0

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

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