Color

#488cdb

#488cdb
hex#488cdb
rgbrgb(72, 140, 219)
hslhsl(212, 67%, 57%)
oklchoklch(0.632 0.138 253.7)
Closest name: Blue Jay (#5588dd)Relative luminance 0.2525

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#db9648

#48d6db · #4d48db

#db488c · #8cdb48

Split-complementary

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#db4d48 · #d6db48

#db48d6 · #db9648 · #48db4d

Contrast

#488cdb as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.47:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #2977d1 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #1e5899 as the text (7.21:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #212121 (4.64:1)
Aaon black
6.05:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #5d9adf as the text (7.15:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #488cdb as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#488cdb reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #488cdb
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #488cdb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/488cdb-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md