#488EDA#488EDA

#488EDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.135 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EDA
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 2.11, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 45.35, 272.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0409 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.135 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9957, 25.7831, 69.9754)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EDA #DA9448

analogous

#48D7DA #488EDA #4B48DA

triadic

#488EDA #DA488E #8EDA48

tetradic

#488EDA #DA48D7 #DA9448 #48DA4B

square

#488EDA #DA48D7 #DA9448 #48DA4B

split-complementary

#488EDA #DA4B48 #D7DA48

monochromatic

#1C528B #266FBE #488EDA #7BADE4 #AECDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#488EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#488EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EDA

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EDA	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5885D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.135 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee6',
    500: '#488eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eda;
$custom-light: #8aaee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.233,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EDA

secondary

#DDC0A1

accent

#973FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EDA

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

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