#488FE3#488FE3

#488FE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.145 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488FE3
RGB	rgb(72, 143, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 4.62, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 49.37, 275.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0396 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.145 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3550, 26.5659, 76.3969)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488FE3 #E39C48

analogous

#48DDE3 #488FE3 #4E48E3

triadic

#488FE3 #E3488F #8FE348

tetradic

#488FE3 #E348DD #E39C48 #48E34E

square

#488FE3 #E348DD #E39C48 #48E34E

split-complementary

#488FE3 #E34E48 #DDE348

monochromatic

#175399 #2070CE #488FE3 #7DAFEB #B2D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#488FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#488FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488FE3

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488FE3	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6995E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 143, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.145 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafec',
    500: '#488fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488fe3;
$custom-light: #8bafec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.516,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64359,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488FE3

secondary

#E2C6A5

accent

#9C38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488FE3

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

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