#488EDB#488EDB

#488EDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.136 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EDB
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 219)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 2.45, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 45.85, 273.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0406 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.136 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1270, 25.8356, 70.6666)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EDB #DB9548

analogous

#48D7DB #488EDB #4C48DB

triadic

#488EDB #DB488E #8EDB48

tetradic

#488EDB #DB48D7 #DB9548 #48DB4C

square

#488EDB #DB48D7 #DB9548 #48DB4C

split-complementary

#488EDB #DB4C48 #D7DB48

monochromatic

#1C528D #266FC0 #488EDB #7BAEE5 #AECDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#488EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#488EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EDB

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EDB	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.136 252.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EDB

secondary

#DDC1A2

accent

#983EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EDB

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

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