#487BB9#487BB9

#487BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.111 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BB9
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 185)
HSL	hsl(213, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 2.14, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 37.83, 273.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% -0.03 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.111 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5093, 19.0447, 48.5901)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BB9 #B98648

analogous

#48B4B9 #487BB9 #4D48B9

triadic

#487BB9 #B9487B #7BB948

tetradic

#487BB9 #B948B4 #B98648 #48B94D

square

#487BB9 #B948B4 #B98648 #48B94D

split-complementary

#487BB9 #B94D48 #B4B948

monochromatic

#254061 #365E8E #487BB9 #749BCA #A1BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#487BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#487BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BB9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BB9	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5274B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.111 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a0ce',
    500: '#487bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bb9;
$custom-light: #85a0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.92,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57546,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BB9

secondary

#C8B195

accent

#9A53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BB9

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

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