#487BB4#487BB4

#487BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.104 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB4
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 180)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 31.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 0.46, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 35.27, 270.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0315 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.104 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9907, 18.8373, 45.8590)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB4 #B48148

analogous

#48B1B4 #487BB4 #4B48B4

triadic

#487BB4 #B4487B #7BB448

tetradic

#487BB4 #B448B1 #B48148 #48B44B

square

#487BB4 #B448B1 #B48148 #48B44B

split-complementary

#487BB4 #B44B48 #B1B448

monochromatic

#253F5D #375D88 #487BB4 #729AC7 #9EBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#487BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#487BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB4	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.104 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0ca',
    500: '#487bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb4;
$custom-light: #84a0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57275,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB4

secondary

#C5AD93

accent

#9755D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB4

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

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