#488EDF#488EDF

#488EDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.141 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EDF
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 223)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 36.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 3.83, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 47.85, 274.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0396 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.141 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6599, 26.0488, 73.4733)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EDF #DF9948

analogous

#48DADF #488EDF #4D48DF

triadic

#488EDF #DF488E #8EDF48

tetradic

#488EDF #DF48DA #DF9948 #48DF4D

square

#488EDF #DF48DA #DF9948 #48DF4D

split-complementary

#488EDF #DF4D48 #DADF48

monochromatic

#1A5293 #236FC7 #488EDF #7CAEE8 #B0CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#488EDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#488EDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EDF

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EDF	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488edf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.141 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee9',
    500: '#488edf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488edf;
$custom-light: #8baee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488edf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.185,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EDF

secondary

#E0C4A3

accent

#9A3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EDF

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

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