#487BD6#487BD6

#487BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.150 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BD6
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 214)
HSL	hsl(218, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 42.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 12.16, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 53.27, 283.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0233 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.15 261)
XYZ	xyz(21.8887, 20.3965, 66.3887)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BD6 #D6A348

analogous

#48C2D6 #487BD6 #5C48D6

triadic

#487BD6 #D6487B #7BD648

tetradic

#487BD6 #D648C2 #D6A348 #48D65C

square

#487BD6 #D648C2 #D6A348 #48D65C

split-complementary

#487BD6 #D65C48 #C2D648

monochromatic

#1E4386 #295CB8 #487BD6 #7A9FE1 #ACC3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#487BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#487BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BD6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BD6	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5084DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3977D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.150 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0e3',
    500: '#487bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bd6;
$custom-light: #89a0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.451,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.20399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BD6

secondary

#DAC5A0

accent

#AB41E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BD6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →