#487DB9#487DB9

#487DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.109 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DB9
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 185)
HSL	hsl(212, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 0.94, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 36.87, 271.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0322 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.109 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7599, 19.5460, 48.6737)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DB9 #B98448

analogous

#48B6B9 #487DB9 #4B48B9

triadic

#487DB9 #B9487D #7DB948

tetradic

#487DB9 #B948B6 #B98448 #48B94B

square

#487DB9 #B948B6 #B98448 #48B94B

split-complementary

#487DB9 #B94B48 #B6B948

monochromatic

#254161 #365F8E #487DB9 #749CCA #A1BCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#487DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#487DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DB9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DB9	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6480BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.109 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a2ce',
    500: '#487db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487db9;
$custom-light: #85a2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.858,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DB9

secondary

#C8B095

accent

#9853D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DB9

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

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