#487CB5#487CB5

#487CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.105 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB5
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 181)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 0.20, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 35.31, 270.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% -0.0323 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.105 252)
XYZ	xyz(18.2176, 19.1276, 46.4390)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB5 #B58148

analogous

#48B3B5 #487CB5 #4A48B5

triadic

#487CB5 #B5487C #7CB548

tetradic

#487CB5 #B548B3 #B58148 #48B54A

square

#487CB5 #B548B3 #B58148 #48B54A

split-complementary

#487CB5 #B54A48 #B3B548

monochromatic

#25405D #375E89 #487CB5 #739BC7 #9FBAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#487CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#487CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5574B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.105 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1cb',
    500: '#487cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb5;
$custom-light: #84a1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.376,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57558,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.19129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB5

secondary

#C5AE93

accent

#9755D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB5

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

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