#488FDC#488FDC

#488FDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FDC
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 2.21, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 45.86, 272.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0413 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.136 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4085, 26.1873, 71.4119)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FDC #DC9548

analogous

#48D9DC #488FDC #4B48DC

triadic

#488FDC #DC488F #8FDC48

tetradic

#488FDC #DC48D9 #DC9548 #48DC4B

square

#488FDC #DC48D9 #DC9548 #48DC4B

split-complementary

#488FDC #DC4B48 #D9DC48

monochromatic

#1B528E #2570C2 #488FDC #7BAEE6 #AFCEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#488FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#488FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FDC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FDC	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D94DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafe7',
    500: '#488fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fdc;
$custom-light: #8aafe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.216,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FDC

secondary

#DEC1A2

accent

#973DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FDC

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

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