#488EE0#488EE0

#488EE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.142 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE0
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 224)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 4.17, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 48.35, 274.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0394 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.143 254)
XYZ	xyz(25.7951, 26.1029, 74.1855)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE0 #E09A48

analogous

#48DAE0 #488EE0 #4E48E0

triadic

#488EE0 #E0488E #8EE048

tetradic

#488EE0 #E048DA #E09A48 #48E04E

square

#488EE0 #E048DA #E09A48 #48E04E

split-complementary

#488EE0 #E04E48 #DAE048

monochromatic

#195294 #226FC9 #488EE0 #7CAEE9 #B1CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#488EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#488EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE0

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE0	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.142 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeea',
    500: '#488ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee0;
$custom-light: #8baeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.368,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63968,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.26106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE0

secondary

#E0C4A4

accent

#9B3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE0

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

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