#488ED5#488ED5

#488ED5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.129 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488ED5
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 213)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(210, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 0.39, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 42.89, 270.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0422 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.129 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3513, 25.5253, 66.5814)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488ED5 #D58F48

analogous

#48D4D5 #488ED5 #4848D5

triadic

#488ED5 #D5488E #8ED548

tetradic

#488ED5 #D548D4 #D58F48 #48D548

square

#488ED5 #D548D4 #D58F48 #48D548

split-complementary

#488ED5 #D54848 #D4D548

monochromatic

#1E5184 #2A6FB6 #488ED5 #7AADE0 #ACCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#488ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#488ED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488ED5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488ED5	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F92D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.129 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee2',
    500: '#488ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ed5;
$custom-light: #89aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.213,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488ED5

secondary

#DABD9F

accent

#9442E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488ED5

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

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