#487CB3#487CB3

#487CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.102 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB3
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -0.47, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 34.31, 269.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0329 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.102 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0139, 19.0461, 45.3660)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB3 #B37F48

analogous

#48B2B3 #487CB3 #4A48B3

triadic

#487CB3 #B3487C #7CB348

tetradic

#487CB3 #B348B2 #B37F48 #48B34A

square

#487CB3 #B348B2 #B37F48 #48B34A

split-complementary

#487CB3 #B34A48 #B2B348

monochromatic

#25405C #365E87 #487CB3 #729BC6 #9EBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#487CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#487CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5774B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.102 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1ca',
    500: '#487cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb3;
$custom-light: #84a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.841,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57452,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB3

secondary

#C4AC92

accent

#9655D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB3

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

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