#488EDD#488EDD

#488EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.139 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EDD
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 3.14, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 46.84, 273.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0401 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.139 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3918, 25.9415, 72.0616)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EDD #DD9748

analogous

#48D9DD #488EDD #4C48DD

triadic

#488EDD #DD488E #8EDD48

tetradic

#488EDD #DD48D9 #DD9748 #48DD4C

square

#488EDD #DD48D9 #DD9748 #48DD4C

split-complementary

#488EDD #DD4C48 #D9DD48

monochromatic

#1B5290 #246FC3 #488EDD #7CAEE7 #AFCEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#488EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#488EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EDD

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EDD	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.139 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee8',
    500: '#488edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488edd;
$custom-light: #8aaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.812,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63799,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EDD

secondary

#DEC2A2

accent

#993CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EDD

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

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