#488EE2#488EE2

#488EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.145 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE2
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 4.87, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 49.36, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0389 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.145 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0679, 26.2120, 75.6224)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE2 #E29C48

analogous

#48DBE2 #488EE2 #4F48E2

triadic

#488EE2 #E2488E #8EE248

tetradic

#488EE2 #E248DB #E29C48 #48E24F

square

#488EE2 #E248DB #E29C48 #48E24F

split-complementary

#488EE2 #E24F48 #DBE248

monochromatic

#185298 #206FCC #488EE2 #7DAFEA #B2CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#488EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#488EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE2

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE2	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.145 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeeb',
    500: '#488ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee2;
$custom-light: #8baeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64082,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE2

secondary

#E1C6A4

accent

#9C38EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE2

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

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