#487DB4#487DB4

#487DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.103 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DB4
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 180)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 30.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, -0.73, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 34.36, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0337 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.103 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2413, 19.3386, 45.9426)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DB4 #B47F48

analogous

#48B3B4 #487DB4 #4948B4

triadic

#487DB4 #B4487D #7DB448

tetradic

#487DB4 #B448B3 #B47F48 #48B449

square

#487DB4 #B448B3 #B47F48 #48B449

split-complementary

#487DB4 #B44948 #B3B448

monochromatic

#25405D #375F88 #487DB4 #729CC7 #9EBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#487DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#487DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DB4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DB4	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.103 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a2ca',
    500: '#487db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487db4;
$custom-light: #84a2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57734,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DB4

secondary

#C5AC93

accent

#9555D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DB4

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

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