#488DE2#488DE2

#488DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.146 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DE2
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 5.46, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 49.87, 276.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0379 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.146 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9198, 25.9158, 75.5730)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DE2 #E29D48

analogous

#48DAE2 #488DE2 #5048E2

triadic

#488DE2 #E2488D #8DE248

tetradic

#488DE2 #E248DA #E29D48 #48E250

square

#488DE2 #E248DA #E29D48 #48E250

split-complementary

#488DE2 #E25048 #DAE248

monochromatic

#185198 #206DCC #488DE2 #7DAEEA #B2CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#488DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#488DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DE2

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DE2	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6793E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.146 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badeb',
    500: '#488de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488de2;
$custom-light: #8badeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.117,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DE2

secondary

#E1C6A4

accent

#9D38EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DE2

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

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