#488DD3#488DD3

#488DD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.127 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD3
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 0.30, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 42.37, 270.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0418 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.127 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9509, 25.1282, 65.2034)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD3 #D38E48

analogous

#48D2D3 #488DD3 #4948D3

triadic

#488DD3 #D3488D #8DD348

tetradic

#488DD3 #D348D2 #D38E48 #48D349

square

#488DD3 #D348D2 #D38E48 #48D349

split-complementary

#488DD3 #D34948 #D2D348

monochromatic

#1F5081 #2B6EB3 #488DD3 #79ACDF #ABCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#488DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD3	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.127 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#488dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd3;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.216,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD3

secondary

#D8BC9E

accent

#9443E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD3

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

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