#487BB5#487BB5

#487BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.106 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB5
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 0.80, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 35.78, 271.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.0312 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.106 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0929, 18.8782, 46.3975)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB5 #B58248

analogous

#48B1B5 #487BB5 #4C48B5

triadic

#487BB5 #B5487B #7BB548

tetradic

#487BB5 #B548B1 #B58248 #48B54C

square

#487BB5 #B548B1 #B58248 #48B54C

split-complementary

#487BB5 #B54C48 #B1B548

monochromatic

#253F5D #375D89 #487BB5 #739AC7 #9FBAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#487BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#487BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB5	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.106 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a0cb',
    500: '#487bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb5;
$custom-light: #84a0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.927,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57329,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB5

secondary

#C5AE93

accent

#9855D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB5

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

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