#488FD8#488FD8

#488FD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.131 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488FD8
RGBrgb(72, 143, 216)
HSLhsl(210, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(210, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.02, 0.83, -43.89)
CIE-LCHlch(58.02, 43.90, 271.09°)
OKLaboklab(63.74% -0.0424 -0.1244)
OKLCHoklch(63.74% 0.131 251.2)
XYZxyz(24.8850, 25.9779, 68.6552)
Luminance0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488FD8 #D89148
analogous
#48D7D8 #488FD8 #4948D8
triadic
#488FD8 #D8488F #8FD848
tetradic
#488FD8 #D848D7 #D89148 #48D849
square
#488FD8 #D848D7 #D89148 #48D849
split-complementary
#488FD8 #D84948 #D7D848
monochromatic
#1D5289 #2870BB #488FD8 #7AAEE3 #ADCDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#488FD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20
#488FD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FD8
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488FD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488FD81.003.396.206.20
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2021.001.001.00
##0000006.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6F93DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B85D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.131 251.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafe4',
    500: '#488fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488fd8;
$custom-light: #8aafe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63744,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488FD8
secondary
#DBBEA0
accent
#9540E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FD8

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#488FD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva