#487DCD#487DCD

#487DCD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.136 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DCD
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 39%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 7.79, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 47.31, 279.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0272 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.136 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0216, 20.4507, 60.5853)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DCD #CD9848

analogous

#48C0CD #487DCD #5648CD

triadic

#487DCD #CD487D #7DCD48

tetradic

#487DCD #CD48C0 #CD9848 #48CD56

square

#487DCD #CD48C0 #CD9848 #48CD56

split-complementary

#487DCD #CD5648 #C0CD48

monochromatic

#214479 #2E5FA9 #487DCD #789FDA #A8C1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#487DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#487DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DCD

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DCD	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5984D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4677CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.136 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2dd',
    500: '#487dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dcd;
$custom-light: #88a2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.09,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DCD

secondary

#D5BE9C

accent

#A347E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DCD

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

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