#487AE2#487AE2

#487AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.167 H 263.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AE2
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 226)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 46%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 16.99, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 60.38, 286.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0203 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.167 263)
XYZ	xyz(23.3546, 20.7854, 74.7179)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AE2 #E2B048

analogous

#48C7E2 #487AE2 #6348E2

triadic

#487AE2 #E2487A #7AE248

tetradic

#487AE2 #E248C7 #E2B048 #48E263

square

#487AE2 #E248C7 #E2B048 #48E263

split-complementary

#487AE2 #E26348 #C7E248

monochromatic

#184198 #2058CC #487AE2 #7DA0EA #B2C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#487AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#487AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AE2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AE2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4585E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2477E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.167 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fec',
    500: '#487ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ae2;
$custom-light: #8b9fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.519,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59807,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.20788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AE2

secondary

#E1CEA4

accent

#B438EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AE2

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

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