#488DE5#488DE5

#488DE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.150 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DE5
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 6.50, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 51.40, 277.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0372 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.15 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3351, 26.0819, 77.7600)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488DE5 #E5A048

analogous

#48DBE5 #488DE5 #5248E5

triadic

#488DE5 #E5488D #8DE548

tetradic

#488DE5 #E548DB #E5A048 #48E552

square

#488DE5 #E548DB #E5A048 #48E552

split-complementary

#488DE5 #E55248 #DBE548

monochromatic

#16519C #1E6DD2 #488DE5 #7EAEED #B3D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#488DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#488DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DE5

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DE5	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.150 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caded',
    500: '#488de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488de5;
$custom-light: #8caded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.631,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64038,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DE5

secondary

#E3C8A6

accent

#9F36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DE5

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

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