#487AD2#487AD2

#487AD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AD2
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 210)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 11.37, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 51.67, 282.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0231 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.146 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2608, 19.9479, 63.6901)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AD2 #D2A048

analogous

#48BFD2 #487AD2 #5B48D2

triadic

#487AD2 #D2487A #7AD248

tetradic

#487AD2 #D248BF #D2A048 #48D25B

square

#487AD2 #D248BF #D2A048 #48D25B

split-complementary

#487AD2 #D25B48 #BFD248

monochromatic

#204280 #2C5CB1 #487AD2 #799EDE #AAC1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#487AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#487AD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AD2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AD2	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5182D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B76D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fe0',
    500: '#487ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ad2;
$custom-light: #899fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.261,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58784,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AD2

secondary

#D8C39E

accent

#AA44E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AD2

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

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