#487AB5#487AB5

#487AB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.107 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AB5
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 181)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 1.40, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 36.25, 272.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.0301 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.107 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9695, 18.6314, 46.3563)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AB5 #B58348

analogous

#48B1B5 #487AB5 #4D48B5

triadic

#487AB5 #B5487A #7AB548

tetradic

#487AB5 #B548B1 #B58348 #48B54D

square

#487AB5 #B548B1 #B58348 #48B54D

split-complementary

#487AB5 #B54D48 #B1B548

monochromatic

#253F5D #375C89 #487AB5 #739AC7 #9FB9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#487AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#487AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AB5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AB5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.107 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0cb',
    500: '#487ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ab5;
$custom-light: #84a0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.477,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57101,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AB5

secondary

#C5AE93

accent

#9955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AB5

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

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