#488DE9#488DE9

#488DE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.155 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DE9
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 7.90, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 53.46, 278.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0364 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.155 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9000, 26.3078, 80.7352)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DE9 #E9A448

analogous

#48DDE9 #488DE9 #5448E9

triadic

#488DE9 #E9488D #8DE948

tetradic

#488DE9 #E948DD #E9A448 #48E954

square

#488DE9 #E948DD #E9A448 #48E954

split-complementary

#488DE9 #E95448 #DDE948

monochromatic

#1451A3 #1A6CDA #488DE9 #7FAFF0 #B5D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#488DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#488DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DE9

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DE9	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6294ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.155 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadf0',
    500: '#488de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488de9;
$custom-light: #8cadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64273,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DE9

secondary

#E6CBA7

accent

#A233F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DE9

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

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