#487DAE#487DAE

#487DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.095 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DAE
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 174)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 28.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -2.72, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 31.44, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0355 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.095 248)
XYZ	xyz(17.6433, 19.0994, 42.7930)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DAE #AE7948

analogous

#48AEAC #487DAE #484AAE

triadic

#487DAE #AE487D #7DAE48

tetradic

#487DAE #AC48AE #AE7948 #4AAE48

square

#487DAE #AC48AE #AE7948 #4AAE48

split-complementary

#487DAE #AE484A #AEAC48

monochromatic

#243F57 #365E83 #487DAE #709BC4 #9BB9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#487DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#487DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DAE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DAE	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B74AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.095 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a2c6',
    500: '#487dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dae;
$custom-light: #83a2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57424,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.19101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DAE

secondary

#C2A890

accent

#9157D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DAE

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

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