#487BD3#487BD3

#487BD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.146 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BD3
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 211)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 41.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 11.11, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 51.65, 282.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0239 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.146 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5091, 20.2447, 64.3895)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BD3 #D3A048

analogous

#48C0D3 #487BD3 #5B48D3

triadic

#487BD3 #D3487B #7BD348

tetradic

#487BD3 #D348C0 #D3A048 #48D35B

square

#487BD3 #D348C0 #D3A048 #48D35B

split-complementary

#487BD3 #D35B48 #C0D348

monochromatic

#1F4381 #2B5DB3 #487BD3 #799FDF #ABC2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#487BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BD3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BD3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5283D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C76D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.146 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e1',
    500: '#487bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bd3;
$custom-light: #89a0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.986,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BD3

secondary

#D8C39E

accent

#A943E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BD3

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

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