#488af7

Color #488af7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#488af7

RGB

rgb(72, 138, 247)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 91.6%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 70.9%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.9%, 44.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(58.29, 14.62, -60.68)

LCH

lch(58.29, 62.42, 283.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1764, 259.88)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 28.2%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f7b548

Analogous

#48e1f7

#488af7

#5d48f7

Triadic

#488af7

#f7488a

#8af748

Split-complementary

#488af7

#f75d48

#e1f748

Tetradic

#488af7

#b548f7

#f7b548

#8af748

Square

#488af7

#f748e1

#f7b548

#48f75d

Shades

Color #488af7 mixed toward black.

#1569f5

#0952cc

#073e99

#042966

#021533

Tints

Color #488af7 mixed toward white.

#669df8

#85b1fa

#a3c4fb

#c2d8fc

#e0ebfe

Tones

Color #488af7 mixed toward gray.

#568de8

#6591da

#7495cb

#8298bd

#919cae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ce3 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#6762de · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#4dd1cd · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 26

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #488af7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488af7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#488af7 (#488af7) is rgb(72, 138, 247) in RGB.

No, #488af7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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