#488DD5#488DD5

#488DD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD5
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 213)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 0.98, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 43.35, 271.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0412 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.13 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2032, 25.2291, 66.5321)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD5 #D59048

analogous

#48D4D5 #488DD5 #4948D5

triadic

#488DD5 #D5488D #8DD548

tetradic

#488DD5 #D548D4 #D59048 #48D549

square

#488DD5 #D548D4 #D59048 #48D549

split-complementary

#488DD5 #D54948 #D4D548

monochromatic

#1E5084 #2A6EB6 #488DD5 #7AACE0 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#488DD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee2',
    500: '#488dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd5;
$custom-light: #89aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.638,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63133,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD5

secondary

#DABD9F

accent

#9642E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD5

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

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