#488DD1#488DD1

#488DD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.125 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD1
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 209)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -0.39, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 41.40, 269.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0423 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.125 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7017, 25.0285, 63.8911)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD1 #D18C48

analogous

#48D1D0 #488DD1 #4849D1

triadic

#488DD1 #D1488D #8DD148

tetradic

#488DD1 #D048D1 #D18C48 #49D148

square

#488DD1 #D048D1 #D18C48 #49D148

split-complementary

#488DD1 #D14849 #D1D048

monochromatic

#20507F #2C6EB0 #488DD1 #79ABDD #AACAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#488DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#488DD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD1

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD1	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.125 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedf',
    500: '#488dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd1;
$custom-light: #88aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.781,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD1

secondary

#D7BA9E

accent

#9345E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD1

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

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