#488fef

Color #488fef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#488fef

RGB

rgb(72, 143, 239)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 83.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 69.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.9%, 40.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.21, 8.8, -54.8)

LCH

lch(59.21, 55.5, 279.12)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1607, 256.72)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 28.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efa848

Analogous

#48e2ef

#488fef

#5548ef

Triadic

#488fef

#ef488f

#8fef48

Split-complementary

#488fef

#ef5548

#e2ef48

Tetradic

#488fef

#a848ef

#efa848

#8fef48

Square

#488fef

#ef48e2

#efa848

#48ef55

Shades

Color #488fef mixed toward black.

#1872eb

#115bbf

#0d448f

#082d5f

#041730

Tints

Color #488fef mixed toward white.

#67a2f2

#85b4f4

#a4c7f7

#c2dafa

#e1ecfc

Tones

Color #488fef mixed toward gray.

#5691e1

#6493d3

#7295c5

#8097b7

#8e99a9

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

#6e6fdd · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#6a64d8 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#4ecdc9 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #488fef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488fef]

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

#488fef (#488fef) is rgb(72, 143, 239) in RGB.

No, #488fef 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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