#487CD3#487CD3

#487CD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.145 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CD3
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 211)
HSL	hsl(218, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 10.49, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 51.08, 281.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0249 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.145 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6338, 20.4940, 64.4310)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CD3 #D39F48

analogous

#48C1D3 #487CD3 #5948D3

triadic

#487CD3 #D3487C #7CD348

tetradic

#487CD3 #D348C1 #D39F48 #48D359

square

#487CD3 #D348C1 #D39F48 #48D359

split-complementary

#487CD3 #D35948 #C1D348

monochromatic

#1F4481 #2B5EB3 #487CD3 #799FDF #ABC3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#487CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#487CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CD3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CD3	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5484D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E77D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.145 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a1e1',
    500: '#487cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cd3;
$custom-light: #89a1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.554,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59277,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CD3

secondary

#D8C39E

accent

#A843E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CD3

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

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