#488ED0#488ED0

#488ED0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ED0
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -1.31, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 40.48, 268.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0436 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.122 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7264, 25.2754, 63.2905)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ED0 #D08A48

analogous

#48D0CE #488ED0 #484AD0

triadic

#488ED0 #D0488E #8ED048

tetradic

#488ED0 #CE48D0 #D08A48 #4AD048

square

#488ED0 #CE48D0 #D08A48 #4AD048

split-complementary

#488ED0 #D0484A #D0CE48

monochromatic

#20507D #2D6FAE #488ED0 #79ACDD #A9CAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#488ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#488ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ED0

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ED0	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aede',
    500: '#488ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ed0;
$custom-light: #88aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.118,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63089,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ED0

secondary

#D7B99D

accent

#9245E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ED0

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

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