#488ef4

Color #488ef4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 5.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#488ef4

RGB

rgb(72, 142, 244)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 88.7%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 70.5%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(59.21, 11.15, -57.56)

LCH

lch(59.21, 58.63, 280.96)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1682, 257.99)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 28.2%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4ae48

Analogous

#48e4f4

#488ef4

#5848f4

Triadic

#488ef4

#f4488e

#8ef448

Split-complementary

#488ef4

#f45848

#e4f448

Tetradic

#488ef4

#ae48f4

#f4ae48

#8ef448

Square

#488ef4

#f448e4

#f4ae48

#48f458

Shades

Color #488ef4 mixed toward black.

#166ff1

#0c58c7

#094295

#062c63

#031632

Tints

Color #488ef4 mixed toward white.

#67a1f6

#85b4f8

#a4c7fa

#c2d9fb

#e1ecfd

Tones

Color #488ef4 mixed toward gray.

#5691e6

#6593d7

#7396c9

#8199bb

#909bac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ee1 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#6964dc · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#4dd0cc · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488ef4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488ef4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#488ef4 (#488ef4) is rgb(72, 142, 244) in RGB.

No, #488ef4 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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