#487BB1#487BB1

#487BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.100 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB1
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 177)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, -0.54, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 33.76, 269.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.0323 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.1 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6884, 18.7164, 44.2669)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB1 #B17E48

analogous

#48B0B1 #487BB1 #4A48B1

triadic

#487BB1 #B1487B #7BB148

tetradic

#487BB1 #B148B0 #B17E48 #48B14A

square

#487BB1 #B148B0 #B17E48 #48B14A

split-complementary

#487BB1 #B14A48 #B0B148

monochromatic

#253F5A #365D85 #487BB1 #719AC5 #9CB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#487BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#487BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB1	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.100 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0c8',
    500: '#487bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb1;
$custom-light: #84a0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57117,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB1

secondary

#C3AB91

accent

#9656D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB1

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

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