#487BB2#487BB2

#487BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB2
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, -0.21, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 34.26, 269.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.032 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.102 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7884, 18.7564, 44.7938)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB2 #B27F48

analogous

#48B0B2 #487BB2 #4A48B2

triadic

#487BB2 #B2487B #7BB248

tetradic

#487BB2 #B248B0 #B27F48 #48B24A

square

#487BB2 #B248B0 #B27F48 #48B24A

split-complementary

#487BB2 #B24A48 #B0B248

monochromatic

#253F5B #365D86 #487BB2 #719AC6 #9DB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#487BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#487BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB2	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0c9',
    500: '#487bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb2;
$custom-light: #84a0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.132,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57169,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB2

secondary

#C4AC92

accent

#9656D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB2

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

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