#487CB1#487CB1

#487CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.100 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB1
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 177)
HSL	hsl(210, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -1.14, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 33.32, 268.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0335 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.1 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8131, 18.9658, 44.3085)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB1 #B17D48

analogous

#48B1B1 #487CB1 #4948B1

triadic

#487CB1 #B1487C #7CB148

tetradic

#487CB1 #B148B1 #B17D48 #48B149

square

#487CB1 #B148B1 #B17D48 #48B149

split-complementary

#487CB1 #B14948 #B1B148

monochromatic

#253F5A #365E85 #487CB1 #719BC5 #9CB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#487CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#487CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB1

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB1	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#667EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5874B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.100 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1c8',
    500: '#487cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb1;
$custom-light: #84a1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.286,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57347,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB1

secondary

#C3AB91

accent

#9456D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB1

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

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