#488DD4#488DD4

#488DD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.128 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD4
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 0.64, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 42.86, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0415 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.128 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0766, 25.1785, 65.8657)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD4 #D48F48

analogous

#48D3D4 #488DD4 #4948D4

triadic

#488DD4 #D4488D #8DD448

tetradic

#488DD4 #D448D3 #D48F48 #48D449

square

#488DD4 #D448D3 #D48F48 #48D449

split-complementary

#488DD4 #D44948 #D3D448

monochromatic

#1F5083 #2A6EB4 #488DD4 #7AACE0 #ABCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#488DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#488DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD4

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD4	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E91D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.128 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#488dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd4;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD4

secondary

#D9BC9F

accent

#9543E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD4

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

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