#488ED3#488ED3

#488ED3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.126 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ED3
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 211)
HSL	hsl(210, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -0.29, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 41.92, 269.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0428 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.126 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0990, 25.4244, 65.2528)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488ED3 #D38D48

analogous

#48D3D2 #488ED3 #4849D3

triadic

#488ED3 #D3488E #8ED348

tetradic

#488ED3 #D248D3 #D38D48 #49D348

square

#488ED3 #D248D3 #D38D48 #49D348

split-complementary

#488ED3 #D34849 #D3D248

monochromatic

#1F5181 #2B6FB3 #488ED3 #79ACDF #ABCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#488ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#488ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ED3

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ED3	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7091D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.126 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#488ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ed3;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.784,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ED3

secondary

#D8BB9E

accent

#9343E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ED3

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

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