#487AC4#487AC4

#487AC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.127 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AC4
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 196)
HSL	hsl(216, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 6.51, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 44.13, 278.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0262 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.127 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5923, 19.2805, 54.9028)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AC4 #C49248

analogous

#48B8C4 #487AC4 #5448C4

triadic

#487AC4 #C4487A #7AC448

tetradic

#487AC4 #C448B8 #C49248 #48C454

square

#487AC4 #C448B8 #C49248 #48C454

split-complementary

#487AC4 #C45448 #B8C448

monochromatic

#23426E #325D9C #487AC4 #769CD3 #A5BDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#487AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#487AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AC4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AC4	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A80C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4874C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.127 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a0d6',
    500: '#487ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ac4;
$custom-light: #86a0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.806,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57943,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AC4

secondary

#CFB999

accent

#A24DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AC4

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

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