#487BAD#487BAD

#487BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.095 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BAD
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 173)
HSL	hsl(210, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, -1.87, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 31.79, 266.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0336 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.095 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2956, 18.5592, 42.1979)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BAD #AD7A48

analogous

#48ADAC #487BAD #4849AD

triadic

#487BAD #AD487B #7BAD48

tetradic

#487BAD #AC48AD #AD7A48 #49AD48

square

#487BAD #AC48AD #AD7A48 #49AD48

split-complementary

#487BAD #AD4849 #ADAC48

monochromatic

#243E57 #365C82 #487BAD #6F9AC3 #9AB8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#487BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#487BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BAD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BAD	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5973AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.095 249.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.703,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56909,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BAD

secondary

#C1A88F

accent

#9357D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BAD

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

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