#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
RGBrgb(72, 142, 227)
HSLhsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(58.29, 5.21, -49.60)
CIE-LCHlch(58.29, 49.87, 276.00°)
OKLaboklab(64.14% -0.0387 -0.1411)
OKLCHoklch(64.14% 0.146 254.7)
XYZxyz(26.2055, 26.2670, 76.3471)
Luminance0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##488EE31.003.366.256.25
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2521.001.001.00
##0000006.2521.001.001.00

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

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#488EE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva