#487BAC#487BAC

#487BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.094 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BAC
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 172)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 28.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, -2.20, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 31.30, 265.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.0339 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.094 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1992, 18.5207, 41.6902)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BAC #AC7948

analogous

#48ACAB #487BAC #4849AC

triadic

#487BAC #AC487B #7BAC48

tetradic

#487BAC #AB48AC #AC7948 #49AC48

square

#487BAC #AB48AC #AC7948 #49AC48

split-complementary

#487BAC #AC4849 #ACAB48

monochromatic

#243D56 #365C81 #487BAC #6F99C3 #9AB8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#487BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#487BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BAC

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BAC	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5973AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.094 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a1c5',
    500: '#487bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bac;
$custom-light: #83a1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56858,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BAC

secondary

#C1A78F

accent

#9357D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BAC

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

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