#487BB3#487BB3

#487BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.103 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB3
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 0.13, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 34.77, 270.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0317 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.103 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8892, 18.7967, 45.3245)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB3 #B38048

analogous

#48B1B3 #487BB3 #4B48B3

triadic

#487BB3 #B3487B #7BB348

tetradic

#487BB3 #B348B1 #B38048 #48B34B

square

#487BB3 #B348B1 #B38048 #48B34B

split-complementary

#487BB3 #B34B48 #B1B348

monochromatic

#253F5C #365D87 #487BB3 #729AC6 #9EB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#487BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#487BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB3

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB3	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.103 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0ca',
    500: '#487bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb3;
$custom-light: #84a0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.402,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57222,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB3

secondary

#C4AD92

accent

#9755D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB3

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

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