#487AA9#487AA9

#487AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.091 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AA9
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 169)
HSL	hsl(209, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, -2.59, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 30.27, 265.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0337 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.091 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7909, 18.1599, 40.1488)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AA9 #A97748

analogous

#48A9A8 #487AA9 #484AA9

triadic

#487AA9 #A9487A #7AA948

tetradic

#487AA9 #A848A9 #A97748 #4AA948

square

#487AA9 #A848A9 #A97748 #4AA948

split-complementary

#487AA9 #A9484A #A9A848

monochromatic

#233C53 #365B7E #487AA9 #6D98C1 #98B7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#487AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#487AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AA9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AA9	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5972A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.091 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a0c2',
    500: '#487aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487aa9;
$custom-light: #82a0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.072,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56473,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AA9

secondary

#BFA68D

accent

#9258D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AA9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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