#487ABC#487ABC

#487ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.116 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487ABC
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 35.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 3.77, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 39.89, 275.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0282 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.116 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7059, 18.9259, 50.2345)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487ABC #BC8A48

analogous

#48B4BC #487ABC #5048BC

triadic

#487ABC #BC487A #7ABC48

tetradic

#487ABC #BC48B4 #BC8A48 #48BC50

square

#487ABC #BC48B4 #BC8A48 #48BC50

split-complementary

#487ABC #BC5048 #B4BC48

monochromatic

#254065 #355D92 #487ABC #759BCC #A2BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#487ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#487ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487ABC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487ABC	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.116 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0d0',
    500: '#487abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487abc;
$custom-light: #85a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57486,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487ABC

secondary

#CAB396

accent

#9D52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487ABC

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

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