#488be4

Color #488be4

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#488be4

RGB

rgb(72, 139, 228)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 74.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 68.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.4%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(57.5, 7.35, -51.4)

LCH

lch(57.5, 51.92, 278.14)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1508, 256.34)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 28.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4a148

Analogous

#48d9e4

#488be4

#5348e4

Triadic

#488be4

#e4488b

#8be448

Split-complementary

#488be4

#e45348

#d9e448

Tetradic

#488be4

#a148e4

#e4a148

#8be448

Square

#488be4

#e448d9

#e4a148

#48e453

Shades

Color #488be4 mixed toward black.

#2070da

#1a5aae

#134383

#0d2d57

#06162c

Tints

Color #488be4 mixed toward white.

#669ee8

#85b2ed

#a3c5f1

#c2d8f6

#e0ecfa

Tones

Color #488be4 mixed toward gray.

#558dd7

#628fca

#6f90bd

#7c92b0

#8994a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6cd3 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#6862ce · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#4dc4c0 · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488be4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488be4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#488be4 (#488be4) is rgb(72, 139, 228) in RGB.

No, #488be4 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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