#487BD5#487BD5

#487BD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.149 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BD5
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 213)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 11.80, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 52.73, 282.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0235 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.149 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7614, 20.3456, 65.7181)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BD5 #D5A248

analogous

#48C1D5 #487BD5 #5B48D5

triadic

#487BD5 #D5487B #7BD548

tetradic

#487BD5 #D548C1 #D5A248 #48D55B

square

#487BD5 #D548C1 #D5A248 #48D55B

split-complementary

#487BD5 #D55B48 #C1D548

monochromatic

#1E4384 #2A5DB6 #487BD5 #7A9FE0 #ACC3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#487BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#487BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BD5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BD5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5184D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.149 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e2',
    500: '#487bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bd5;
$custom-light: #89a0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.298,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59185,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BD5

secondary

#DAC49F

accent

#AB42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BD5

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

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