#487CA8#487CA8

#487CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.088 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CA8
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 168)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, -4.10, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 29.01, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.0363 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.088 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9455, 18.6187, 39.7390)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CA8 #A87448

analogous

#48A8A4 #487CA8 #484CA8

triadic

#487CA8 #A8487C #7CA848

tetradic

#487CA8 #A448A8 #A87448 #4CA848

square

#487CA8 #A448A8 #A87448 #4CA848

split-complementary

#487CA8 #A8484C #A8A448

monochromatic

#233D52 #365C7D #487CA8 #6D9AC0 #98B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#487CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#487CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CA8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CA8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C73A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.088 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1c2',
    500: '#487ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ca8;
$custom-light: #82a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56891,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CA8

secondary

#BFA48D

accent

#8F58D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CA8

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

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