#488FDE#488FDE

#488FDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.139 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#488FDE
RGBrgb(72, 143, 222)
HSLhsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(212, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.31, 2.89, -46.77)
CIE-LCHlch(58.31, 46.86, 273.54°)
OKLaboklab(64.08% -0.0408 -0.1328)
OKLCHoklch(64.08% 0.139 252.9)
XYZxyz(25.6749, 26.2939, 72.8152)
Luminance0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#488FDE #DE9748
analogous
#48DADE #488FDE #4C48DE
triadic
#488FDE #DE488F #8FDE48
tetradic
#488FDE #DE48DA #DE9748 #48DE4C
square
#488FDE #DE48DA #DE9748 #48DE4C
split-complementary
#488FDE #DE4C48 #DADE48
monochromatic
#1A5391 #2470C5 #488FDE #7CAFE7 #B0CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35
#488FDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26
#488FDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FDE
6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##488FDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##488FDE1.003.356.266.26
#FFFFFF3.351.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2621.001.001.00
##0000006.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C94E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5686DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #488fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.139 252.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aafe8',
    500: '#488fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #488fde;
$custom-light: #8aafe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#488fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64076,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#488FDE
secondary
#DFC3A3
accent
#993CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

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