#488DE3#488DE3

#488DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.147 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488DE3
RGBrgb(72, 141, 227)
HSLhsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(58.01, 5.81, -50.04)
CIE-LCHlch(58.01, 50.38, 276.62°)
OKLaboklab(63.92% -0.0377 -0.1424)
OKLCHoklch(63.92% 0.147 255.2)
XYZxyz(26.0574, 25.9708, 76.2978)
Luminance0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488DE3 #E39E48
analogous
#48DBE3 #488DE3 #5048E3
triadic
#488DE3 #E3488D #8DE348
tetradic
#488DE3 #E348DB #E39E48 #48E350
square
#488DE3 #E348DB #E39E48 #48E350
split-complementary
#488DE3 #E35048 #DBE348
monochromatic
#175199 #206DCE #488DE3 #7DAEEB #B2CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#488DE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19
#488DE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DE3
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488DE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488DE31.003.396.196.19
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1921.001.001.00
##0000006.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6693E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F85E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.147 255.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badec',
    500: '#488de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488de3;
$custom-light: #8badec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.29,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63921,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488DE3
secondary
#E2C7A5
accent
#9E38F0
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#488DE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva