#487DA9#487DA9

#487DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.089 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DA9
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 169)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 26%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, -4.36, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 29.10, 261.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0372 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.089 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1649, 18.9080, 40.2735)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DA9 #A97448

analogous

#48A9A4 #487DA9 #484DA9

triadic

#487DA9 #A9487D #7DA948

tetradic

#487DA9 #A448A9 #A97448 #4DA948

square

#487DA9 #A448A9 #A97448 #4DA948

split-complementary

#487DA9 #A9484D #A9A448

monochromatic

#233E53 #365D7E #487DA9 #6D9BC1 #98B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#487DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#487DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DA9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DA9	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.089 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2c2',
    500: '#487da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487da9;
$custom-light: #83a2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57174,
    "c": 0.08884,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DA9

secondary

#BFA48D

accent

#8E58D0

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DA9

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

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