#487CB8#487CB8

#487CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.109 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB8
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 184)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 1.21, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 36.83, 271.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0314 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.109 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5288, 19.2520, 48.0777)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB8 #B88448

analogous

#48B4B8 #487CB8 #4C48B8

triadic

#487CB8 #B8487C #7CB848

tetradic

#487CB8 #B848B4 #B88448 #48B84C

square

#487CB8 #B848B4 #B88448 #48B84C

split-complementary

#487CB8 #B84C48 #B4B848

monochromatic

#254160 #365E8C #487CB8 #749CC9 #A0BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#487CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#487CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.109 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1cd',
    500: '#487cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb8;
$custom-light: #85a1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57718,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB8

secondary

#C7B095

accent

#9854D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB8

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

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