#487BAF#487BAF

#487BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.098 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BAF
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 175)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, -1.21, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 32.77, 267.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0329 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.098 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4905, 18.6372, 43.2248)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BAF #AF7C48

analogous

#48AEAF #487BAF #4848AF

triadic

#487BAF #AF487B #7BAF48

tetradic

#487BAF #AF48AE #AF7C48 #48AF48

square

#487BAF #AF48AE #AF7C48 #48AF48

split-complementary

#487BAF #AF4848 #AEAF48

monochromatic

#243E58 #365D84 #487BAF #709AC4 #9BB8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#487BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#487BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BAF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BAF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.098 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a1c7',
    500: '#487baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487baf;
$custom-light: #83a1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.291,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57012,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BAF

secondary

#C2AA90

accent

#9456D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BAF

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

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