#487AB6#487AB6

#487AB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.108 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AB6
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 182)
HSL	hsl(213, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 33%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 1.73, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 36.77, 272.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.0298 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.108 254)
XYZ	xyz(18.0725, 18.6726, 46.8987)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AB6 #B68448

analogous

#48B1B6 #487AB6 #4D48B6

triadic

#487AB6 #B6487A #7AB648

tetradic

#487AB6 #B648B1 #B68448 #48B64D

square

#487AB6 #B648B1 #B68448 #48B64D

split-complementary

#487AB6 #B64D48 #B1B648

monochromatic

#253F5E #375D8A #487AB6 #739AC8 #9FBAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#487AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#487AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AB6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AB6	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)

#617EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5273B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.108 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0cc',
    500: '#487ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ab6;
$custom-light: #84a0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57155,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.18674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AB6

secondary

#C6AF94

accent

#9A55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AB6

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

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