#487CB2#487CB2

#487CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.101 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB2
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, -0.81, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 33.81, 268.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0332 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.101 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9131, 19.0058, 44.8353)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB2 #B27E48

analogous

#48B1B2 #487CB2 #4948B2

triadic

#487CB2 #B2487C #7CB248

tetradic

#487CB2 #B248B1 #B27E48 #48B249

square

#487CB2 #B248B1 #B27E48 #48B249

split-complementary

#487CB2 #B24948 #B1B248

monochromatic

#253F5B #365E86 #487CB2 #719BC6 #9DBAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#487CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#487CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB2	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.101 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1c9',
    500: '#487cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb2;
$custom-light: #84a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.566,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57399,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB2

secondary

#C4AB92

accent

#9556D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB2

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

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