#487DDD#487DDD

#487DDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.157 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DDD
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 43.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 13.38, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 55.91, 283.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0239 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.157 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0526, 21.2631, 71.2819)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DDD #DDA848

analogous

#48C7DD #487DDD #5E48DD

triadic

#487DDD #DD487D #7DDD48

tetradic

#487DDD #DD48C7 #DDA848 #48DD5E

square

#487DDD #DD48C7 #DDA848 #48DD5E

split-complementary

#487DDD #DD5E48 #C7DD48

monochromatic

#1B4490 #245DC3 #487DDD #7CA2E7 #AFC6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#487DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#487DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DDD

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DDD	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F87E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3579DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0093A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.157 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa2e8',
    500: '#487ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ddd;
$custom-light: #8aa2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.658,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60113,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DDD

secondary

#DEC9A2

accent

#AD3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DDD

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

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