#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
RGBrgb(72, 141, 216)
HSLhsl(211, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.45, 2.01, -44.79)
CIE-LCHlch(57.45, 44.83, 272.57°)
OKLaboklab(63.3% -0.0404 -0.1271)
OKLCHoklch(63.3% 0.133 252.4)
XYZxyz(24.5875, 25.3828, 68.5560)
Luminance0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##488DD81.003.466.086.08
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0821.001.001.00
##0000006.0821.001.001.00

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

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#488DD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva