#487AB9#487AB9

#487AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.112 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AB9
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 185)
HSL	hsl(213, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 2.75, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 38.32, 274.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.029 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.112 255)
XYZ	xyz(18.3858, 18.7979, 48.5490)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AB9 #B98748

analogous

#48B3B9 #487AB9 #4E48B9

triadic

#487AB9 #B9487A #7AB948

tetradic

#487AB9 #B948B3 #B98748 #48B94E

square

#487AB9 #B948B3 #B98748 #48B94E

split-complementary

#487AB9 #B94E48 #B3B948

monochromatic

#254061 #365D8E #487AB9 #749ACA #A1BADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#487AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#487AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AB9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AB9	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5073B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.112 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0ce',
    500: '#487ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ab9;
$custom-light: #85a0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.451,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AB9

secondary

#C8B195

accent

#9B53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AB9

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

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