#488ED4#488ED4

#488ED4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ED4
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 212)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 33%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 0.05, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 42.40, 270.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0425 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.127 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2248, 25.4747, 65.9150)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488ED4 #D48E48

analogous

#48D4D4 #488ED4 #4848D4

triadic

#488ED4 #D4488E #8ED448

tetradic

#488ED4 #D448D4 #D48E48 #48D448

square

#488ED4 #D448D4 #D48E48 #48D448

split-complementary

#488ED4 #D44848 #D4D448

monochromatic

#1F5183 #2A6FB4 #488ED4 #7AADE0 #ABCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#488ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#488ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ED4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ED4	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee1',
    500: '#488ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ed4;
$custom-light: #89aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63303,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ED4

secondary

#D9BC9F

accent

#9443E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ED4

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

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