#487CD9#487CD9

#487CD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.153 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CD9
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 12.59, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 54.32, 283.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0237 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.153 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4001, 20.8005, 68.4666)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CD9 #D9A548

analogous

#48C4D9 #487CD9 #5D48D9

triadic

#487CD9 #D9487C #7CD948

tetradic

#487CD9 #D948C4 #D9A548 #48D95D

square

#487CD9 #D948C4 #D9A548 #48D95D

split-complementary

#487CD9 #D95D48 #C4D948

monochromatic

#1D448A #275DBD #487CD9 #7BA0E4 #ADC5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#487CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#487CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CD9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CD9	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5085DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3878D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.153 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1e5',
    500: '#487cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487cd9;
$custom-light: #8aa1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.483,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59649,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CD9

secondary

#DCC7A1

accent

#AC3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CD9

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

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