#487AC8#487AC8

#487AC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.132 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AC8
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 200)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 39%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 7.89, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 46.27, 279.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.0252 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.132 259)
XYZ	xyz(20.0536, 19.4650, 57.3327)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AC8 #C89648

analogous

#48BAC8 #487AC8 #5648C8

triadic

#487AC8 #C8487A #7AC848

tetradic

#487AC8 #C848BA #C89648 #48C856

square

#487AC8 #C848BA #C89648 #48C856

split-complementary

#487AC8 #C85648 #BAC848

monochromatic

#234273 #315DA2 #487AC8 #779CD6 #A6BEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#487AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#487AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AC8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AC8	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5781CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4575C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.132 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a0d9',
    500: '#487ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ac8;
$custom-light: #87a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.563,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58178,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.19467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AC8

secondary

#D1BC9A

accent

#A44BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AC8

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

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