#488DE0#488DE0

#488DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.144 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DE0
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 4.77, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 48.85, 275.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0384 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.144 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6470, 25.8066, 74.1361)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DE0 #E09B48

analogous

#48D9E0 #488DE0 #4F48E0

triadic

#488DE0 #E0488D #8DE048

tetradic

#488DE0 #E048D9 #E09B48 #48E04F

square

#488DE0 #E048D9 #E09B48 #48E04F

split-complementary

#488DE0 #E04F48 #D9E048

monochromatic

#195194 #226EC9 #488DE0 #7CAEE9 #B1CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#488DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#488DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DE0

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DE0	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.144 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badea',
    500: '#488de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488de0;
$custom-light: #8badea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.763,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63749,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DE0

secondary

#E0C5A4

accent

#9C3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DE0

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

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