#488EED#488EED

#488EED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.159 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488EED
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 40.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 8.70, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 54.99, 279.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0364 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.159 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6260, 26.8352, 83.8281)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488EED #EDA748

analogous

#48E1ED #488EED #5448ED

triadic

#488EED #ED488E #8EED48

tetradic

#488EED #ED48E1 #EDA748 #48ED54

square

#488EED #ED48E1 #EDA748 #48ED54

split-complementary

#488EED #ED5448 #E1ED48

monochromatic

#1152AA #166CE2 #488EED #80B0F2 #B7D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#488EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#488EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488EED

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488EED	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6296F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.159 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daef3',
    500: '#488eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488eed;
$custom-light: #8daef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64727,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488EED

secondary

#E8CDA9

accent

#8307DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #488EED

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

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