#488EE1#488EE1

#488EE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.144 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE1
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 225)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 36.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 4.52, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 48.86, 275.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0391 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.144 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9311, 26.1573, 74.9018)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE1 #E19B48

analogous

#48DAE1 #488EE1 #4E48E1

triadic

#488EE1 #E1488E #8EE148

tetradic

#488EE1 #E148DA #E19B48 #48E14E

square

#488EE1 #E148DA #E19B48 #48E14E

split-complementary

#488EE1 #E14E48 #DAE148

monochromatic

#195296 #216FCB #488EE1 #7DAEEA #B1CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#488EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#488EE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE1

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE1	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.144 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeeb',
    500: '#488ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee1;
$custom-light: #8baeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.549,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE1

secondary

#E1C5A4

accent

#9C39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE1

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

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