#487AE5#487AE5

#487AE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.171 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AE5
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 46.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 18.05, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 62.01, 286.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0199 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.171 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7699, 20.9515, 76.9049)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AE5 #E5B348

analogous

#48C9E5 #487AE5 #6548E5

triadic

#487AE5 #E5487A #7AE548

tetradic

#487AE5 #E548C9 #E5B348 #48E565

square

#487AE5 #E548C9 #E5B348 #48E565

split-complementary

#487AE5 #E56548 #C9E548

monochromatic

#16419C #1E57D2 #487AE5 #7EA1ED #B3C8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#487AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#487AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AE5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AE5	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4286E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E78E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.171 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fee',
    500: '#487ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ae5;
$custom-light: #8c9fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.892,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60006,
    "c": 0.17116,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AE5

secondary

#E3D0A6

accent

#B636F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AE5

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

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