#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
RGBrgb(72, 142, 233)
HSLhsl(214, 79%, 60%)
HSVhsv(214, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(58.61, 7.30, -52.43)
CIE-LCHlch(58.61, 52.93, 277.93°)
OKLaboklab(64.49% -0.0373 -0.1494)
OKLCHoklch(64.49% 0.154 256)
XYZxyz(27.0481, 26.6041, 80.7846)
Luminance0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##488EE91.003.326.326.32
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3221.001.001.00
##0000006.3221.001.001.00

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

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#488EE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva