#488DDA#488DDA

#488DDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.136 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DDA
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 2.69, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 45.83, 273.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0399 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.136 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8476, 25.4869, 69.9260)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DDA #DA9548

analogous

#48D6DA #488DDA #4C48DA

triadic

#488DDA #DA488D #8DDA48

tetradic

#488DDA #DA48D6 #DA9548 #48DA4C

square

#488DDA #DA48D6 #DA9548 #48DA4C

split-complementary

#488DDA #DA4C48 #D6DA48

monochromatic

#1C518B #266EBE #488DDA #7BADE4 #AECCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#488DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#488DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DDA

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DDA	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.136 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade6',
    500: '#488dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dda;
$custom-light: #8aade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.644,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63409,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DDA

secondary

#DDC1A1

accent

#993FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DDA

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

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