#487DB5#487DB5

#487DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.104 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DB5
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 181)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 30.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, -0.40, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 34.86, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0334 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.104 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3436, 19.3795, 46.4810)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DB5 #B58048

analogous

#48B3B5 #487DB5 #4A48B5

triadic

#487DB5 #B5487D #7DB548

tetradic

#487DB5 #B548B3 #B58048 #48B54A

square

#487DB5 #B548B3 #B58048 #48B54A

split-complementary

#487DB5 #B54A48 #B3B548

monochromatic

#25415D #375F89 #487DB5 #739CC7 #9FBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#487DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#487DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DB5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DB5	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6580B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.104 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a2cb',
    500: '#487db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487db5;
$custom-light: #84a2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.826,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57787,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DB5

secondary

#C5AD93

accent

#9655D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DB5

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

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