#487DC6#487DC6

#487DC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.126 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DC6
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 198)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 5.37, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 43.60, 277.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0288 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.126 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1955, 20.1202, 56.2344)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487DC6 #C69148

analogous

#48BCC6 #487DC6 #5248C6

triadic

#487DC6 #C6487D #7DC648

tetradic

#487DC6 #C648BC #C69148 #48C652

square

#487DC6 #C648BC #C69148 #48C652

split-complementary

#487DC6 #C65248 #BCC648

monochromatic

#234471 #32609F #487DC6 #779ED5 #A5BFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#487DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#487DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DC6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DC6	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D82C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.126 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2d7',
    500: '#487dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dc6;
$custom-light: #87a2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.762,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58724,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DC6

secondary

#D0B99A

accent

#9F4CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DC6

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

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