#487BCE#487BCE

#487BCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.139 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BCE
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 40.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 9.36, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 48.95, 281.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0249 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.139 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8921, 19.9978, 61.1395)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BCE #CE9B48

analogous

#48BECE #487BCE #5848CE

triadic

#487BCE #CE487B #7BCE48

tetradic

#487BCE #CE48BE #CE9B48 #48CE58

square

#487BCE #CE48BE #CE9B48 #48CE58

split-complementary

#487BCE #CE5848 #BECE48

monochromatic

#21437B #2E5DAB #487BCE #789EDB #A9C1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#487BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#487BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BCE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BCE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4176CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.139 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0dd',
    500: '#487bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bce;
$custom-light: #88a0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.164,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BCE

secondary

#D5C09D

accent

#A647E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BCE

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

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