#487CA3#487CA3

#487CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.082 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CA3
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 163)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, -5.71, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 26.77, 257.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.038 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.082 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4886, 18.4360, 37.3328)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CA3 #A36F48

analogous

#48A39C #487CA3 #484FA3

triadic

#487CA3 #A3487C #7CA348

tetradic

#487CA3 #9C48A3 #A36F48 #4FA348

square

#487CA3 #9C48A3 #A36F48 #4FA348

split-complementary

#487CA3 #A3484F #A39C48

monochromatic

#223B4E #355C79 #487CA3 #6B9ABD #95B7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#487CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#487CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CA3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CA3	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#018689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.082 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1be',
    500: '#487ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ca3;
$custom-light: #82a1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56647,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CA3

secondary

#BCA08B

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CA3

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

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