#488EE9#488EE9

#488EE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.154 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EE9
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 7.30, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 52.93, 277.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0373 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.154 256)
XYZ	xyz(27.0481, 26.6041, 80.7846)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EE9 #E9A348

analogous

#48DFE9 #488EE9 #5248E9

triadic

#488EE9 #E9488E #8EE948

tetradic

#488EE9 #E948DF #E9A348 #48E952

square

#488EE9 #E948DF #E9A348 #48E952

split-complementary

#488EE9 #E95248 #DFE948

monochromatic

#1452A3 #1A6DDA #488EE9 #7FB0F0 #B5D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#488EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#488EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EE9

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EE9	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.154 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caef0',
    500: '#488ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488ee9;
$custom-light: #8caef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64489,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EE9

secondary

#E6CAA7

accent

#A133F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EE9

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

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