#487AD6#487AD6

#487AD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.151 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AD6
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 214)
HSL	hsl(219, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 43%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 12.77, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 53.84, 283.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0224 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.151 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7653, 20.1497, 66.3475)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AD6 #D6A448

analogous

#48C1D6 #487AD6 #5D48D6

triadic

#487AD6 #D6487A #7AD648

tetradic

#487AD6 #D648C1 #D6A448 #48D65D

square

#487AD6 #D648C1 #D6A448 #48D65D

split-complementary

#487AD6 #D65D48 #C1D648

monochromatic

#1E4286 #295BB8 #487AD6 #7A9EE1 #ACC3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#487AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#487AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AD6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AD6	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E83DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3776D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.151 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fe3',
    500: '#487ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ad6;
$custom-light: #899fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.873,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59034,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AD6

secondary

#DAC6A0

accent

#AC41E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AD6

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

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