#488DDE#488DDE

#488DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.141 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488DDE
RGBrgb(72, 141, 222)
HSLhsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.75, 4.07, -47.66)
CIE-LCHlch(57.75, 47.84, 274.89°)
OKLaboklab(63.64% -0.0389 -0.1355)
OKLCHoklch(63.64% 0.141 254)
XYZxyz(25.3773, 25.6988, 72.7160)
Luminance0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488DDE #DE9948
analogous
#48D8DE #488DDE #4E48DE
triadic
#488DDE #DE488D #8DDE48
tetradic
#488DDE #DE48D8 #DE9948 #48DE4E
square
#488DDE #DE48D8 #DE9948 #48DE4E
split-complementary
#488DDE #DE4E48 #D8DE48
monochromatic
#1A5191 #246EC5 #488DDE #7CADE7 #B0CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42
#488DDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14
#488DDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DDE
6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488DDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488DDE1.003.426.146.14
#FFFFFF3.421.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1421.001.001.00
##0000006.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6992E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5384DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.141 254.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade8',
    500: '#488dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488dde;
$custom-light: #8aade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488DDE
secondary
#DFC3A3
accent
#9B3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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