#488FD6#488FD6

#488FD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.129 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488FD6
RGBrgb(72, 143, 214)
HSLhsl(210, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(210, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(57.92, 0.15, -42.92)
CIE-LCHlch(57.92, 42.92, 270.20°)
OKLaboklab(63.64% -0.0429 -0.1216)
OKLCHoklch(63.64% 0.129 250.5)
XYZxyz(24.6281, 25.8752, 67.3018)
Luminance0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488FD6 #D68F48
analogous
#48D6D6 #488FD6 #4848D6
triadic
#488FD6 #D6488F #8FD648
tetradic
#488FD6 #D648D6 #D68F48 #48D648
square
#488FD6 #D648D6 #D68F48 #48D648
split-complementary
#488FD6 #D64848 #D6D648
monochromatic
#1E5286 #2970B8 #488FD6 #7AAEE1 #ACCCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#488FD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18
#488FD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FD6
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488FD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488FD61.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7093D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C85D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.129 250.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afe3',
    500: '#488fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488fd6;
$custom-light: #89afe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488FD6
secondary
#DABDA0
accent
#9441E6
background
#F9FAFD
surface
#F1F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F83

Preview Lab

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#488FD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva