#488EE3#488EE3

#488EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.146 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE3
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 5.21, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 49.87, 276.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0387 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.146 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2055, 26.2670, 76.3471)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE3 #E39D48

analogous

#48DCE3 #488EE3 #4F48E3

triadic

#488EE3 #E3488E #8EE348

tetradic

#488EE3 #E348DC #E39D48 #48E34F

square

#488EE3 #E348DC #E39D48 #48E34F

split-complementary

#488EE3 #E34F48 #DCE348

monochromatic

#175299 #206ECE #488EE3 #7DAFEB #B2D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#488EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#488EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE3

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE3	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.146 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baeec',
    500: '#488ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee3;
$custom-light: #8baeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.903,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6414,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE3

secondary

#E2C6A5

accent

#9D38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE3

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

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