#487DCB#487DCB

#487DCB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.133 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DCB
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 203)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 7.10, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 46.25, 278.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0276 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.133 258)
XYZ	xyz(20.7817, 20.3547, 59.3220)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DCB #CB9648

analogous

#48BFCB #487DCB #5548CB

triadic

#487DCB #CB487D #7DCB48

tetradic

#487DCB #CB48BF #CB9648 #48CB55

square

#487DCB #CB48BF #CB9648 #48CB55

split-complementary

#487DCB #CB5548 #BFCB48

monochromatic

#224477 #2F60A6 #487DCB #789FD9 #A7C1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#487DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#487DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DCB

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DCB	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A83CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4877C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.133 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2db',
    500: '#487dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dcb;
$custom-light: #87a2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.725,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DCB

secondary

#D3BD9B

accent

#A249DF

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DCB

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

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