#488FD3#488FD3

#488FD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FD3
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 211)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -0.87, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 41.48, 268.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0438 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.125 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2485, 25.7233, 65.3026)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FD3 #D38C48

analogous

#48D3D2 #488FD3 #4849D3

triadic

#488FD3 #D3488F #8FD348

tetradic

#488FD3 #D248D3 #D38C48 #49D348

square

#488FD3 #D248D3 #D38C48 #49D348

split-complementary

#488FD3 #D34849 #D3D248

monochromatic

#1F5181 #2B70B3 #488FD3 #79ADDF #ABCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#488FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#488FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FD3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FD3	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7192D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afe1',
    500: '#488fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fd3;
$custom-light: #89afe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.353,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FD3

secondary

#D8BB9E

accent

#9243E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FD3

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

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