#487AD8#487AD8

#487AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.154 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AD8
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 216)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 43.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 13.47, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 54.93, 284.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.022 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.154 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0223, 20.2525, 67.7010)
Luminance	0.2026 (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

#487AD8 #D8A648

analogous

#48C2D8 #487AD8 #5E48D8

triadic

#487AD8 #D8487A #7AD848

tetradic

#487AD8 #D848C2 #D8A648 #48D85E

square

#487AD8 #D848C2 #D8A648 #48D85E

split-complementary

#487AD8 #D85E48 #C2D848

monochromatic

#1D4289 #285BBB #487AD8 #7A9FE3 #ADC3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#487AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AD8

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AD8	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D83DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3476D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.154 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe4',
    500: '#487ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ad8;
$custom-light: #8a9fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5916,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AD8

secondary

#DBC7A0

accent

#AE40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AD8

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

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