#488DD6#488DD6

#488DD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.131 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD6
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 214)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 1.32, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 43.84, 271.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0409 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.131 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3305, 25.2800, 67.2026)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD6 #D69148

analogous

#48D4D6 #488DD6 #4A48D6

triadic

#488DD6 #D6488D #8DD648

tetradic

#488DD6 #D648D4 #D69148 #48D64A

square

#488DD6 #D648D4 #D69148 #48D64A

split-complementary

#488DD6 #D64A48 #D4D648

monochromatic

#1E5086 #296EB8 #488DD6 #7AACE1 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#488DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD6

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD6	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5984D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.131 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee3',
    500: '#488dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd6;
$custom-light: #89aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.845,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63188,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD6

secondary

#DABEA0

accent

#9641E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD6

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

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