#487BED#487BED

#487BED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.181 H 263.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BED
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 237)
HSL	hsl(221, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(221, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 48.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 20.26, -62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 65.77, 287.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0197 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.181 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0361, 21.6555, 82.9648)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BED #EDBA48

analogous

#48CDED #487BED #6848ED

triadic

#487BED #ED487B #7BED48

tetradic

#487BED #ED48CD #EDBA48 #48ED68

square

#487BED #ED48CD #EDBA48 #48ED68

split-complementary

#487BED #ED6848 #CDED48

monochromatic

#1140AA #1655E2 #487BED #80A3F2 #B7CBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#487BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#487BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BED

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BED	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C88F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0479EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.181 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da0f3',
    500: '#487bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bed;
$custom-light: #8da0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.455,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60748,
    "c": 0.1806,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BED

secondary

#E8D4A9

accent

#9C07DE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BED

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

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