#487DCE#487DCE

#487DCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.137 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DCE
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 39.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 8.14, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 47.85, 279.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0269 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.137 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1427, 20.4991, 61.2231)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DCE #CE9948

analogous

#48C0CE #487DCE #5648CE

triadic

#487DCE #CE487D #7DCE48

tetradic

#487DCE #CE48C0 #CE9948 #48CE56

square

#487DCE #CE48C0 #CE9948 #48CE56

split-complementary

#487DCE #CE5648 #C0CE48

monochromatic

#21447B #2E5FAB #487DCE #789FDB #A9C2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#487DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#487DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DCE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DCE	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5984D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4577CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.137 258.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.269,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DCE

secondary

#D5BF9D

accent

#A447E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DCE

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

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