#487DC3#487DC3

#487DC3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.122 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DC3
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 195)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 4.34, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 42.03, 275.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0295 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.122 256)
XYZ	xyz(19.8529, 19.9832, 54.4301)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487DC3 #C38E48

analogous

#48BBC3 #487DC3 #5048C3

triadic

#487DC3 #C3487D #7DC348

tetradic

#487DC3 #C348BB #C38E48 #48C350

square

#487DC3 #C348BB #C38E48 #48C350

split-complementary

#487DC3 #C35048 #BBC348

monochromatic

#24436D #33609B #487DC3 #769ED2 #A4BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#487DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#487DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DC3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DC3	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F82C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E76C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.122 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2d5',
    500: '#487dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dc3;
$custom-light: #86a2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.146,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58553,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.19985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DC3

secondary

#CEB799

accent

#9E4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DC3

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

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