#487CB4#487CB4

#487CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.103 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB4
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 180)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 31.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -0.14, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 34.81, 269.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0326 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.103 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1154, 19.0867, 45.9006)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB4 #B48048

analogous

#48B2B4 #487CB4 #4A48B4

triadic

#487CB4 #B4487C #7CB448

tetradic

#487CB4 #B448B2 #B48048 #48B44A

square

#487CB4 #B448B2 #B48048 #48B44A

split-complementary

#487CB4 #B44A48 #B2B448

monochromatic

#25405D #375E88 #487CB4 #729BC7 #9EBAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#487CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#487CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB4	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5674B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.103 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1ca',
    500: '#487cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb4;
$custom-light: #84a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB4

secondary

#C5AD93

accent

#9655D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB4

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

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