#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
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 5.81, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 50.38, 276.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0377 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.147 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0574, 25.9708, 76.2978)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##488DE3	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #488DE3

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

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