#487DAD#487DAD

#487DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.094 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DAD
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 173)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -3.05, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 30.96, 264.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0359 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.094 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5462, 19.0605, 42.2815)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DAD #AD7848

analogous

#48ADAA #487DAD #484AAD

triadic

#487DAD #AD487D #7DAD48

tetradic

#487DAD #AA48AD #AD7848 #4AAD48

square

#487DAD #AA48AD #AD7848 #4AAD48

split-complementary

#487DAD #AD484A #ADAA48

monochromatic

#243F57 #365E82 #487DAD #6F9BC3 #9AB9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#487DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#487DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DAD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DAD	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.094 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2c5',
    500: '#487dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dad;
$custom-light: #83a2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.515,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57374,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DAD

secondary

#C1A78F

accent

#9157D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DAD

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

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