#488DD8#488DD8

#488DD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.133 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD8
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 2.01, -44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 44.83, 272.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0404 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.133 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5875, 25.3828, 68.5560)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD8 #D89348

analogous

#48D5D8 #488DD8 #4B48D8

triadic

#488DD8 #D8488D #8DD848

tetradic

#488DD8 #D848D5 #D89348 #48D84B

square

#488DD8 #D848D5 #D89348 #48D84B

split-complementary

#488DD8 #D84B48 #D5D848

monochromatic

#1D5189 #286EBB #488DD8 #7AACE3 #ADCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#488DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD8	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.133 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee4',
    500: '#488dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd8;
$custom-light: #89aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63298,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD8

secondary

#DBBFA0

accent

#9740E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD8

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

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