#487CB9#487CB9

#487CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.110 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CB9
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 185)
HSL	hsl(212, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 33%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 1.54, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 37.34, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0311 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.11 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6339, 19.2941, 48.6317)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CB9 #B98548

analogous

#48B5B9 #487CB9 #4C48B9

triadic

#487CB9 #B9487C #7CB948

tetradic

#487CB9 #B948B5 #B98548 #48B94C

square

#487CB9 #B948B5 #B98548 #48B94C

split-complementary

#487CB9 #B94C48 #B5B948

monochromatic

#254161 #365E8E #487CB9 #749CCA #A1BBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#487CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#487CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CB9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CB9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.110 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a1ce',
    500: '#487cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cb9;
$custom-light: #85a1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.389,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CB9

secondary

#C8B095

accent

#9953D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CB9

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

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