#488EDC#488EDC

#488EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.137 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EDC
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 2.79, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 46.34, 273.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0404 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.137 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2590, 25.8884, 71.3621)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EDC #DC9648

analogous

#48D8DC #488EDC #4C48DC

triadic

#488EDC #DC488E #8EDC48

tetradic

#488EDC #DC48D8 #DC9648 #48DC4C

square

#488EDC #DC48D8 #DC9648 #48DC4C

split-complementary

#488EDC #DC4C48 #D8DC48

monochromatic

#1B528E #256FC2 #488EDC #7BAEE6 #AFCDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#488EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#488EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EDC

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EDC	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.137 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee7',
    500: '#488edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488edc;
$custom-light: #8aaee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.622,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63743,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EDC

secondary

#DEC2A2

accent

#993DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EDC

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

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