#487CB0#487CB0

#487CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.098 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB0
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 176)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, -1.47, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 32.83, 267.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% -0.0338 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.098 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7138, 18.9260, 43.7855)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB0 #B07C48

analogous

#48B0B0 #487CB0 #4848B0

triadic

#487CB0 #B0487C #7CB048

tetradic

#487CB0 #B048B0 #B07C48 #48B048

square

#487CB0 #B048B0 #B07C48 #48B048

split-complementary

#487CB0 #B04848 #B0B048

monochromatic

#243F59 #365D85 #487CB0 #709BC5 #9CB9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#487CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#487CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB0	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.098 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a1c8',
    500: '#487cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb0;
$custom-light: #83a1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57295,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB0

secondary

#C3AA91

accent

#9456D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB0

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

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