#487AB3#487AB3

#487AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.104 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AB3
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 179)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 0.72, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 35.23, 271.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0306 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.104 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7658, 18.5499, 45.2833)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AB3 #B38148

analogous

#48AFB3 #487AB3 #4C48B3

triadic

#487AB3 #B3487A #7AB348

tetradic

#487AB3 #B348AF #B38148 #48B34C

square

#487AB3 #B348AF #B38148 #48B34C

split-complementary

#487AB3 #B34C48 #AFB348

monochromatic

#253F5C #365C87 #487AB3 #7299C6 #9EB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#487AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#487AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AB3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AB3	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5473B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.104 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0ca',
    500: '#487ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ab3;
$custom-light: #84a0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.963,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56993,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AB3

secondary

#C4AD92

accent

#9855D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AB3

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

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