#487CA5#487CA5

#487CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.085 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CA5
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 165)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -5.07, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 27.65, 259.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0373 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.085 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6692, 18.5082, 38.2840)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CA5 #A57148

analogous

#48A5A0 #487CA5 #484DA5

triadic

#487CA5 #A5487C #7CA548

tetradic

#487CA5 #A048A5 #A57148 #4DA548

square

#487CA5 #A048A5 #A57148 #4DA548

split-complementary

#487CA5 #A5484D #A5A048

monochromatic

#233C50 #355C7A #487CA5 #6C9ABF #96B7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#487CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#487CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CA5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CA5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E73A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.085 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1c0',
    500: '#487ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ca5;
$custom-light: #82a1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.452,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56744,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CA5

secondary

#BDA18C

accent

#8D59CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CA5

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

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