#488DDC#488DDC

#488DDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.138 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DDC
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 3.38, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 46.83, 274.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0394 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.138 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1109, 25.5922, 71.3127)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DDC #DC9748

analogous

#48D7DC #488DDC #4D48DC

triadic

#488DDC #DC488D #8DDC48

tetradic

#488DDC #DC48D7 #DC9748 #48DC4D

square

#488DDC #DC48D7 #DC9748 #48DC4D

split-complementary

#488DDC #DC4D48 #D7DC48

monochromatic

#1B518E #256EC2 #488DDC #7BADE6 #AFCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#488DDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#488DDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DDC

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DDC	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.138 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade7',
    500: '#488ddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ddc;
$custom-light: #8aade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.027,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63521,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DDC

secondary

#DEC2A2

accent

#9A3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DDC

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

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