#487AB4#487AB4

#487AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.105 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AB4
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 180)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 32.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 1.06, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 35.74, 271.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.0303 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.105 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8673, 18.5905, 45.8179)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AB4 #B48248

analogous

#48B0B4 #487AB4 #4C48B4

triadic

#487AB4 #B4487A #7AB448

tetradic

#487AB4 #B448B0 #B48248 #48B44C

square

#487AB4 #B448B0 #B48248 #48B44C

split-complementary

#487AB4 #B44C48 #B0B448

monochromatic

#253F5D #375C88 #487AB4 #7299C7 #9EB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#487AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#487AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AB4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AB4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.105 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0ca',
    500: '#487ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ab4;
$custom-light: #84a0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57047,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AB4

secondary

#C5AE93

accent

#9955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AB4

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

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