#488edd

Color #488edd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#488edd

RGB

rgb(72, 142, 221)

HSL

hsl(211.8, 68.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.8, 67.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(57.98, 3.14, -46.74)

LCH

lch(57.98, 46.85, 273.84)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1387, 253.2)

HWB

hwb(211.8, 28.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd9748

Analogous

#48d9dd

#488edd

#4d48dd

Triadic

#488edd

#dd488e

#8edd48

Split-complementary

#488edd

#dd4d48

#d9dd48

Tetradic

#488edd

#9748dd

#dd9748

#8edd48

Square

#488edd

#dd48d9

#dd9748

#48dd4d

Shades

Color #488edd mixed toward black.

#2675ce

#1f5ea5

#17467c

#0f2f52

#081729

Tints

Color #488edd mixed toward white.

#67a1e3

#85b4e8

#a4c7ee

#c2d9f4

#e1ecf9

Tones

Color #488edd mixed toward gray.

#558fd1

#6190c4

#6d90b8

#7a91ab

#86929f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ecd · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#6964c9 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#4dc0bd · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488edd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488edd]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#488edd (#488edd) is rgb(72, 142, 221) in RGB.

No, #488edd 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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