#488DDF#488DDF

#488DDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.142 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DDF
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 36.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 4.42, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 48.34, 275.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0387 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.142 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5118, 25.7525, 73.4240)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DDF #DF9A48

analogous

#48D8DF #488DDF #4E48DF

triadic

#488DDF #DF488D #8DDF48

tetradic

#488DDF #DF48D8 #DF9A48 #48DF4E

square

#488DDF #DF48D8 #DF9A48 #48DF4E

split-complementary

#488DDF #DF4E48 #D8DF48

monochromatic

#1A5193 #236EC7 #488DDF #7CADE8 #B0CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#488DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#488DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DDF

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DDF	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5284DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.142 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade9',
    500: '#488ddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ddf;
$custom-light: #8bade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.583,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63691,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DDF

secondary

#E0C4A3

accent

#9C3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DDF

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

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