#487AD9#487AD9

#487AD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.155 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AD9
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 217)
HSL	hsl(219, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 43.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 13.82, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 55.47, 284.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0218 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.155 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1520, 20.3043, 68.3839)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AD9 #D9A748

analogous

#48C3D9 #487AD9 #5F48D9

triadic

#487AD9 #D9487A #7AD948

tetradic

#487AD9 #D948C3 #D9A748 #48D95F

square

#487AD9 #D948C3 #D9A748 #48D95F

split-complementary

#487AD9 #D95F48 #C3D948

monochromatic

#1D428A #275BBD #487AD9 #7B9FE4 #ADC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#487AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#487AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AD9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AD9	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3376D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.155 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe5',
    500: '#487ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ad9;
$custom-light: #8a9fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59224,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AD9

secondary

#DCC8A1

accent

#AE3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AD9

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

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