#487BE5#487BE5

#487BE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.170 H 263.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BE5
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 229)
HSL	hsl(221, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(221, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 17.43, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 61.42, 286.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0208 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.17 263)
XYZ	xyz(23.8933, 21.1983, 76.9460)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BE5 #E5B248

analogous

#48C9E5 #487BE5 #6448E5

triadic

#487BE5 #E5487B #7BE548

tetradic

#487BE5 #E548C9 #E5B248 #48E564

square

#487BE5 #E548C9 #E5B248 #48E564

split-complementary

#487BE5 #E56448 #C9E548

monochromatic

#16429C #1E58D2 #487BE5 #7EA2ED #B3C8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#487BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#487BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BE5

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BE5	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4487E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2278E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.170 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca0ee',
    500: '#487be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487be5;
$custom-light: #8ca0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.51,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60212,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BE5

secondary

#E3CFA6

accent

#B536F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BE5

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

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