#487DC9#487DC9

#487DC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.130 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DC9
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 201)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 37.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 6.41, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 45.19, 278.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0281 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.13 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5449, 20.2600, 58.0749)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DC9 #C99448

analogous

#48BDC9 #487DC9 #5348C9

triadic

#487DC9 #C9487D #7DC948

tetradic

#487DC9 #C948BD #C99448 #48C953

square

#487DC9 #C948BD #C99448 #48C953

split-complementary

#487DC9 #C95348 #BDC948

monochromatic

#224474 #3060A4 #487DC9 #779FD7 #A7C0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#487DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DC9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DC9	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C83CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.130 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2da',
    500: '#487dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dc9;
$custom-light: #87a2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.349,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58897,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DC9

secondary

#D2BB9B

accent

#A14ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DC9

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

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