#487BE3#487BE3

#487BE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.167 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BE3
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 227)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 45.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 16.73, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 60.33, 286.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0211 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.167 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6157, 21.0873, 75.4838)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BE3 #E3B048

analogous

#48C8E3 #487BE3 #6248E3

triadic

#487BE3 #E3487B #7BE348

tetradic

#487BE3 #E348C8 #E3B048 #48E362

square

#487BE3 #E348C8 #E3B048 #48E362

split-complementary

#487BE3 #E36248 #C8E348

monochromatic

#174299 #2059CE #487BE3 #7DA1EB #B2C8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#487BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#487BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BE3

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BE3	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4686E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2678E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.167 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0ec',
    500: '#487be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487be3;
$custom-light: #8ca0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.258,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6008,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BE3

secondary

#E2CEA5

accent

#B338F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BE3

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

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