#487CC3#487CC3

#487CC3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.123 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CC3
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 195)
HSL	hsl(215, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(215, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 4.95, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 42.54, 276.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0285 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.123 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7269, 19.7313, 54.3881)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CC3 #C38F48

analogous

#48BAC3 #487CC3 #5248C3

triadic

#487CC3 #C3487C #7CC348

tetradic

#487CC3 #C348BA #C38F48 #48C352

square

#487CC3 #C348BA #C38F48 #48C352

split-complementary

#487CC3 #C35248 #BAC348

monochromatic

#24436D #335F9B #487CC3 #769DD2 #A4BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#487CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#487CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CC3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CC3	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D81C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.123 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a1d5',
    500: '#487cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cc3;
$custom-light: #86a1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.634,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5833,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CC3

secondary

#CEB899

accent

#9F4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CC3

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

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