#487BB8#487BB8

#487BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.110 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB8
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 184)
HSL	hsl(213, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 1.81, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 37.31, 272.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0303 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.11 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4041, 19.0027, 48.0361)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB8 #B88548

analogous

#48B3B8 #487BB8 #4D48B8

triadic

#487BB8 #B8487B #7BB848

tetradic

#487BB8 #B848B3 #B88548 #48B84D

square

#487BB8 #B848B3 #B88548 #48B84D

split-complementary

#487BB8 #B84D48 #B3B848

monochromatic

#254060 #365E8C #487BB8 #749BC9 #A0BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#487BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#487BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB8	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5274B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.110 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0cd',
    500: '#487bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb8;
$custom-light: #85a0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.679,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57491,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB8

secondary

#C7B095

accent

#9A54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB8

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

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