#488fdb

Color #488fdb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#488fdb

RGB

rgb(72, 143, 219)

HSL

hsl(211, 67.1%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211, 67.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 34.7%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(58.16, 1.86, -45.33)

LCH

lch(58.16, 45.37, 272.35)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.1352, 252.07)

HWB

hwb(211, 28.2%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#db9448

Analogous

#48d9db

#488fdb

#4b48db

Triadic

#488fdb

#db488f

#8fdb48

Split-complementary

#488fdb

#db4b48

#d9db48

Tetradic

#488fdb

#9448db

#db9448

#8fdb48

Square

#488fdb

#db48d9

#db9448

#48db4b

Shades

Color #488fdb mixed toward black.

#2877cb

#205fa2

#18477a

#102f51

#081829

Tints

Color #488fdb mixed toward white.

#67a2e1

#85b4e7

#a4c7ed

#c2daf3

#e1ecf9

Tones

Color #488fdb mixed toward gray.

#5490cf

#6190c3

#6d90b6

#7991aa

#85919e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fcc · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#6a64c8 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#4ebfbc · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488fdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488fdb]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#488fdb (#488fdb) is rgb(72, 143, 219) in RGB.

No, #488fdb 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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