#488FD0#488FD0

#488FD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FD0
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 208)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 31.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -1.89, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 40.05, 267.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0446 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.122 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8759, 25.5743, 63.3403)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488FD0 #D08948

analogous

#48D0CD #488FD0 #484BD0

triadic

#488FD0 #D0488F #8FD048

tetradic

#488FD0 #CD48D0 #D08948 #4BD048

square

#488FD0 #CD48D0 #D08948 #4BD048

split-complementary

#488FD0 #D0484B #D0CD48

monochromatic

#20517D #2D70AE #488FD0 #79ADDD #A9CBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#488FD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#488FD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FD0

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FD0	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7292D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afde',
    500: '#488fd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fd0;
$custom-light: #88afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63315,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FD0

secondary

#D7B99D

accent

#9045E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FD0

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

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