#488DED#488DED

#488DED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.160 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DED
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 40.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 9.30, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 55.53, 279.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0355 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.16 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4779, 26.5390, 83.7787)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488DED #EDA848

analogous

#48E0ED #488DED #5548ED

triadic

#488DED #ED488D #8DED48

tetradic

#488DED #ED48E0 #EDA848 #48ED55

square

#488DED #ED48E0 #EDA848 #48ED55

split-complementary

#488DED #ED5548 #E0ED48

monochromatic

#1151AA #166BE2 #488DED #80B0F2 #B7D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#488DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#488DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DED

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DED	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6095F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.160 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf3',
    500: '#488ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ded;
$custom-light: #8dadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.909,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64512,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DED

secondary

#E8CEA9

accent

#8407DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DED

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

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