#487CA9#487CA9

#487CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.090 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CA9
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 169)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, -3.77, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 29.48, 262.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.036 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.09 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0390, 18.6561, 40.2315)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CA9 #A97548

analogous

#48A9A6 #487CA9 #484CA9

triadic

#487CA9 #A9487C #7CA948

tetradic

#487CA9 #A648A9 #A97548 #4CA948

square

#487CA9 #A648A9 #A97548 #4CA948

split-complementary

#487CA9 #A9484C #A9A648

monochromatic

#233D53 #365D7E #487CA9 #6D9AC1 #98B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#487CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#487CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CA9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CA9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C73A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.090 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1c2',
    500: '#487ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ca9;
$custom-light: #82a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.835,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CA9

secondary

#BFA58D

accent

#9058D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CA9

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

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