#487CCE#487CCE

#487CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.138 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CCE
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 39.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 8.75, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 48.39, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0259 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.138 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0167, 20.2472, 61.1811)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CCE #CE9A48

analogous

#48BFCE #487CCE #5748CE

triadic

#487CCE #CE487C #7CCE48

tetradic

#487CCE #CE48BF #CE9A48 #48CE57

square

#487CCE #CE48BF #CE9A48 #48CE57

split-complementary

#487CCE #CE5748 #BFCE48

monochromatic

#21447B #2E5EAB #487CCE #789FDB #A9C1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#487CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CCE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CCE	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5783D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4377CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.138 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1dd',
    500: '#487cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cce;
$custom-light: #88a1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.716,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58973,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CCE

secondary

#D5BF9D

accent

#A547E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CCE

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

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