#488EE5#488EE5

#488EE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.149 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE5
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 229)
HSL	hsl(213, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 38%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 5.91, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 50.89, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0382 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.149 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4832, 26.3781, 77.8093)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE5 #E59F48

analogous

#48DDE5 #488EE5 #5148E5

triadic

#488EE5 #E5488E #8EE548

tetradic

#488EE5 #E548DD #E59F48 #48E551

square

#488EE5 #E548DD #E59F48 #48E551

split-complementary

#488EE5 #E55148 #DDE548

monochromatic

#16529C #1E6ED2 #488EE5 #7EAFED #B3D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#488EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#488EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE5

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE5	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6694E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.149 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeed',
    500: '#488ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee5;
$custom-light: #8caeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.248,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64256,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE5

secondary

#E3C8A6

accent

#9E36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE5

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

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