#487AE3#487AE3

#487AE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.168 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AE3
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 227)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 17.34, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 60.92, 286.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0202 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.168 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4922, 20.8405, 75.4427)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AE3 #E3B148

analogous

#48C8E3 #487AE3 #6348E3

triadic

#487AE3 #E3487A #7AE348

tetradic

#487AE3 #E348C8 #E3B148 #48E363

square

#487AE3 #E348C8 #E3B148 #48E363

split-complementary

#487AE3 #E36348 #C8E348

monochromatic

#174199 #2058CE #487AE3 #7DA1EB #B2C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#487AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#487AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AE3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AE3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4486E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2277E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.168 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fec',
    500: '#487ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ae3;
$custom-light: #8c9fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59873,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AE3

secondary

#E2CEA5

accent

#B538F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AE3

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

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