#488DD9#488DD9

#488DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.135 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD9
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 2.35, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 45.33, 272.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0402 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.135 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7171, 25.4347, 69.2390)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD9 #D99448

analogous

#48D6D9 #488DD9 #4C48D9

triadic

#488DD9 #D9488D #8DD948

tetradic

#488DD9 #D948D6 #D99448 #48D94C

square

#488DD9 #D948D6 #D99448 #48D94C

split-complementary

#488DD9 #D94C48 #D6D948

monochromatic

#1D518A #276EBD #488DD9 #7BADE4 #ADCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#488DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#488DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD9

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD9	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.135 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee5',
    500: '#488dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd9;
$custom-light: #8aaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.448,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63354,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD9

secondary

#DCC0A1

accent

#983FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD9

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

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