#487AE6#487AE6

#487AE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.172 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487AE6
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 230)
HSL	hsl(221, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 47%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 18.40, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 62.56, 287.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0197 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.172 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9099, 21.0075, 77.6423)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487AE6 #E6B448

analogous

#48C9E6 #487AE6 #6548E6

triadic

#487AE6 #E6487A #7AE648

tetradic

#487AE6 #E648C9 #E6B448 #48E665

square

#487AE6 #E648C9 #E6B448 #48E665

split-complementary

#487AE6 #E66548 #C9E648

monochromatic

#16419E #1D57D4 #487AE6 #7EA1ED #B4C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#487AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#487AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487AE6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487AE6	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4186EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B78E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.172 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fee',
    500: '#487ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ae6;
$custom-light: #8c9fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.013,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60072,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487AE6

secondary

#E4D0A6

accent

#B735F3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487AE6

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

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