#487DC8#487DC8

#487DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.129 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DC8
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 37.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 6.06, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 44.66, 277.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0283 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.129 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4277, 20.2131, 57.4574)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DC8 #C89348

analogous

#48BDC8 #487DC8 #5348C8

triadic

#487DC8 #C8487D #7DC848

tetradic

#487DC8 #C848BD #C89348 #48C853

square

#487DC8 #C848BD #C89348 #48C853

split-complementary

#487DC8 #C85348 #BDC848

monochromatic

#234473 #3160A2 #487DC8 #779ED6 #A6C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#487DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DC8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DC8	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C83CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.129 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2d9',
    500: '#487dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dc8;
$custom-light: #87a2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.156,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DC8

secondary

#D1BB9A

accent

#A04BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DC8

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

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