#487DD9#487DD9

#487DD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.152 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DD9
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 11.98, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 53.75, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0247 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.152 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5260, 21.0525, 68.5086)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DD9 #D9A448

analogous

#48C6D9 #487DD9 #5C48D9

triadic

#487DD9 #D9487D #7DD948

tetradic

#487DD9 #D948C6 #D9A448 #48D95C

square

#487DD9 #D948C6 #D9A448 #48D95C

split-complementary

#487DD9 #D95C48 #C6D948

monochromatic

#1D458A #275EBD #487DD9 #7BA1E4 #ADC5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#487DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#487DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DD9

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DD9	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5286DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A78D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.152 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa2e5',
    500: '#487dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487dd9;
$custom-light: #8aa2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.069,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DD9

secondary

#DCC6A1

accent

#AB3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DD9

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

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