#487AC3#487AC3

#487AC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.125 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AC3
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 195)
HSL	hsl(216, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 6.16, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 43.60, 278.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0264 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.125 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4788, 19.2351, 54.3054)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AC3 #C39148

analogous

#48B7C3 #487AC3 #5448C3

triadic

#487AC3 #C3487A #7AC348

tetradic

#487AC3 #C348B7 #C39148 #48C354

square

#487AC3 #C348B7 #C39148 #48C354

split-complementary

#487AC3 #C35448 #B7C348

monochromatic

#24416D #335D9B #487AC3 #769BD2 #A4BDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#487AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#487AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AC3

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AC3	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A80C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4974C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.125 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d5',
    500: '#487ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ac3;
$custom-light: #86a0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.61,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57885,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AC3

secondary

#CEB899

accent

#A14EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AC3

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

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