#487BE2#487BE2

#487BE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.166 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BE2
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 226)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 45.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 16.37, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 59.79, 285.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0212 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.166 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4781, 21.0322, 74.7591)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BE2 #E2AF48

analogous

#48C8E2 #487BE2 #6248E2

triadic

#487BE2 #E2487B #7BE248

tetradic

#487BE2 #E248C8 #E2AF48 #48E262

square

#487BE2 #E248C8 #E2AF48 #48E262

split-complementary

#487BE2 #E26248 #C8E248

monochromatic

#184298 #2059CC #487BE2 #7DA1EA #B2C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#487BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#487BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BE2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BE2	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4786E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2878E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.166 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba0ec',
    500: '#487be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487be2;
$custom-light: #8ba0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.13,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60015,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BE2

secondary

#E1CDA4

accent

#B338EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BE2

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

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