#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
RGBrgb(72, 141, 224)
HSLhsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.9%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.85, 4.77, -48.62)
CIE-LCHlch(57.85, 48.85, 275.60°)
OKLaboklab(63.75% -0.0384 -0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(63.75% 0.144 254.5)
XYZxyz(25.6470, 25.8066, 74.1361)
Luminance0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##488DE01.003.416.166.16
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1621.001.001.00
##0000006.1621.001.001.00

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

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#488DE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva