#488ED1#488ED1

#488ED1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.124 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ED1
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 209)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -0.97, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 40.96, 268.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0433 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.124 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8498, 25.3248, 63.9405)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ED1 #D18B48

analogous

#48D1CF #488ED1 #484AD1

triadic

#488ED1 #D1488E #8ED148

tetradic

#488ED1 #CF48D1 #D18B48 #4AD148

square

#488ED1 #CF48D1 #D18B48 #4AD148

split-complementary

#488ED1 #D1484A #D1CF48

monochromatic

#20507F #2C6FB0 #488ED1 #79ACDD #AACAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#488ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ED1

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ED1	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.124 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedf',
    500: '#488ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ed1;
$custom-light: #88aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.343,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63142,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ED1

secondary

#D7BA9E

accent

#9245E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ED1

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

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