#487CB6#487CB6

#487CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.106 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB6
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 182)
HSL	hsl(212, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 0.53, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 35.82, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.032 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.106 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3206, 19.1688, 46.9814)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB6 #B68248

analogous

#48B3B6 #487CB6 #4B48B6

triadic

#487CB6 #B6487C #7CB648

tetradic

#487CB6 #B648B3 #B68248 #48B64B

square

#487CB6 #B648B3 #B68248 #48B64B

split-complementary

#487CB6 #B64B48 #B3B648

monochromatic

#25405E #375E8A #487CB6 #739BC8 #9FBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#487CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#487CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB6

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB6	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#647FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5574B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.106 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a1cc',
    500: '#487cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb6;
$custom-light: #84a1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57611,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB6

secondary

#C6AE94

accent

#9755D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB6

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

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